| 词汇 | drifted |
| 释义 | drifted past simple and past participle ofdrift drift verb uk /drɪft/ us /drɪft/ C2[ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction: （尤指在外力作用下）飘，漂流，漂移 drift out to seaNo one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea.没有人注意到船已经开始漂向大海了。 drift outMany vehicle fatalities are caused by drunken, distracted, or tired drivers drifting out of their lanes. drift inA mist drifted in from the marshes.一阵雾气从沼泽地里飘过来。 drift awayAfter the band stopped playing, people drifted away in twos and threes.乐队演奏结束后，人们便三三两两地散去了。 drift aimlesslyfigurativeThe talk drifted aimlessly from one subject to another.谈话漫无目的地从一个主题转向另一个主题。 to move slowly crawlThere'd been a bad accident on the motorway and traffic was crawling. trundleLorries trundle through the narrow lanes. creepHe crept downstairs, hardly making any noise. trudgeThey trudged wearily through the snow. strollWe spent the afternoon strolling around Budapest. ambleHe ambled over to the window. [ I or T ] sports specialized in car racing, to use a driving technique(= a method needing skill) that means the car's tyres lose their traction(= their firm hold on the ground) but the driver still has control of the car's direction, used for example when going around a corner fast: She has always been interested in cars and at the age of 21 she learned how to drift. The image shows him drifting his car around a race track bend. When toxic fumes began to drift toward our homes, we were told to evacuate.当有毒烟雾开始朝我们住宅区方向飘移时，我们被通知撤离。 The smoke drifted downwind.烟雾随风飘散。 The boat drifted westwards in the prevailing winds. The damaged boat drifted for days before it was finally taken in tow. The country seems to be drifting towards war.这个国家似乎正慢慢地走向战争。 Slow and moving slowly (as) slow as molassesidiom at a snail's paceidiom by and byidiom by degreesidiom claw your way (somewhere)idiom crawl float hang around in ones and twosidiom inch by inchidiom infiltrate infiltration jog labour sluggish sluggishly sluggishness snail staged wander You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Motor racing On the road: driving & operating road vehicles Idiomdrift with the tide Phrasal verbsdrift apart drift off Examples of drifteddrifted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Yet the ' writings ' drifted back in dribs and drabs. But he felt he'd never actually decided, only drifted into being still here. These students constantly drifted away from the society and throughout the late nineteenth century membership levels waxed and waned dramatically. And like these other "everything" terms, it has also shaken loose from the present and drifted further and further back in time. Power drifted from the centre to the periphery. Beyond that, the strategy of selectivity ran out of steam, presumably for lack of obvious targets, before it finally drifted into incoherence. The system drifted from an initial phase of large surpluses to increasing deficits and ultimate crisis. The simplest assumption, and the point of departure for most population genetic investigations, is that inversions have drifted (neutrally) to their present frequency. As they drifted out to sea, they took 45 minutes to pass the ship. Initial studies based on this new view were very encouraging, but ultimately the two disciplines drifted apart and the level of collaboration dropped significantly. Again, any drifted parts are repositioned as needed. They will have been born at various locations in and will have drifted around, being at point x on becoming mature. Whatever was without mass (air and fire), drifted away from the center of the earth. Often the animal's threshold responses drifted downward but eventually stabilized. For measurements of surround suppression, the mask was enclosed in an annulus surrounding the test, and drifted in the same direction as the test. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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