| 词汇 | driftwood |
| 释义 | driftwood noun[ U ] uk /ˈdrɪft.wʊd/ us /ˈdrɪft.wʊd/ wood that is floating on the sea or brought onto the beach by the sea漂流木，浮木（在海上漂浮或被海水冲上岸的木头） assalve/E+/GettyImages Types of wood American elm Atlantic white cedar balsa wood bark basswood black locust boxwood cork elm knotty matchwood MDF mulga oaken paulownia piny pitch pine ponderosa pine softwood three-ply A quantity of driftwood lined the base of the cliff. His antlers were like a bit of driftwood. One of the pieces of driftwood had been cut by a sharp instrument. There was plenty of driftwood, and our fires were always cheery and comfortable. Willow bushes drop no branches, and driftwood was our only source of supply. driftwood | American Dictionarydriftwood noun[ U ] us/ˈdrɪft·wʊd/ wood floating in the sea or left on a beach by the action of the waves Examples of driftwooddriftwood Such vessels utilized a shallow draft hull specifically designed to avoid the numerous driftwood snags in the great river. I have not time to cover such problems of the river as driftwood and vandalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rock has turned out to be mere driftwood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people enjoy walking along a beach looking for the odd bit of driftwood or other material that may have come ashore. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I visited some of the moorings at the end of last week, and saw that large amounts of driftwood had accumulated over months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of them ran into some driftwood in the channel last week and was out of service for a whole week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the "driftwood" that we have to look after—2,500 of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us deal with those and do not let us clutter up the register with a lot of driftwood which has been forgotten and finished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They had done it by collecting driftwood from the shore and by using damaged petrol tins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that these remaining cases were the driftwood of the tempest of war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my visit a fortnight ago, what impressed me was that the newly appointed rangers were clearing the beaches, burning the rubbish, oil sodden seaweed, plastic containers and driftwood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Harbour authorities incur considerable expense in clearing driftwood from their harbours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In earlier years, low demand was brought about by the national habit of clinging to an outdated exchange rate as though it were some piece of imperial driftwood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some took to crudely made rafts of driftwood and logs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A path leads from the bluff to a wide beach with driftwood along the high-tide line. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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. |
| 随便看 |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。