Drift
[ dr?ft ]
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vi. 流動;隨意移動;漂泊;浮現;
vt. 漂流;堆積成堆;
n. 漂移，偏移;趨勢，動向;大意;放任自流;
?? 例句
I can't quite catch the drift of his speech.
我不甚了解他的演講的大意。
Thermocouples age with time and readings drift.
熱電偶隨時間而老化，讀數會偏差。
Many country girls drifted into cities to seek work.
許多農村姑娘流入城市找工作。
To evaluate the effect of drift, one should therefore first know N.
因此要估量插遷的效應，首先應知道N。
Sometimes several clusters of white clouds drift across the blue sky.
蔚藍色的天空中，時而飄過幾朵白云。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ rift-峽谷,drift-漂流:在大峽谷中漂流
※ draft-起草,drift-漂流:我起草一份漂流計劃
※ gift-禮物,drift-漂:啥樣的禮物,可在水中漂
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?? 詞根
?? 牛津釋義
drift
n
1 [U] drifting movement 漂; 漂動; 漂流; 漂移
the drift of the tide, current, wind, etc 潮汐、 水流、 風等的緩緩流動.
2 [C] (fig 比喻) continuous uncontrolled movement or tendency towards sth bad （朝壞的方面發展的）傾向, 動向, 趨勢
a slow drift into debt, war, crisis, etc 逐步走上借貸的道路、 逐漸演變為戰爭、 漸漸陷入危機.
3 [U] practice of being inactive and waiting for things to happen 不采取行動以等待事情發展的做法
Is the Government's policy one of drift? 政府采取的是否放任自流的政策?
4 [sing] (of speech, writing, etc) general meaning or sense; gist （指講話、 寫作等）主旨, 大意, 含意
My German isn't very good, but I got the general drift of what she said. 我的德語不太好, 但她說的話我大致是明白的.
5 [C] mass of sth, esp snow or sand, piled up by the wind （風吹成的）堆積物, （尤指）雪堆, 沙堆
deep snow-drifts （風吹成的）厚厚的積雪.
6 [U] deposits of earth, gravel, rock, etc left behind by a glacier 冰磧.
7 [U] = driftage.
drift v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip]
be carried along gently by a current of air or water 飄移; 漂流
We switched off the motor and started to drift (along). 我們關閉發動機開始滑行.
The boat drifted down the river. 船順河漂流而下.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
(of snow, sand, etc) be piled into drifts by the wind （指雪、 沙等）受風吹積
Some roads are closed owing to drifting. 有些道路因積雪而封閉.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
cause (sth) to drift 使（某物）漂流, 飄動
The logs are drifted downstream to the mill. 那些原木沿河順水漂到工廠.
The wind drifted the snow into a high bank, blocking the road. 風把雪吹積成長埂, 堵塞了道路.
4 [I, Ipr, Ip]
(of people) move casually or aimlessly （指人）漫無目標地移動, 漂泊, 流浪
The crowds drifted away from the stadium. 人群慢慢從體育場散去.
She finally drifted in two hours after everyone else. 在大家到齊之後兩小時, 她終於姍姍來到.
(fig 比喻) He doesn't want a career, he's just drifting. 他并不想要個固定職業, 只是碰到什麼事做什麼事.
I didn't mean to be a teacher I sort of drifted into it. 我本來沒想當教師--可謂無意間當上的.
They used to be friends, but now they've drifted apart. 他們原是朋友, 現在已經疏遠了.
?? 考研助記
dri(dry)+ft(浮它):干的東西浮在它上面- 漂流 抓草稿（draft),追水漂(drift)
?? 擴展釋義
*[drift]n. 漂流物, 漂流, 動向vt. (使)漂流vi. (使)漂流【電】 漂移
?? 醫學釋義
①漂流，漂浮 ②位移，偏差
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Yes. It sounded like a train that was going under my house.
是的。這響聲聽起來像是一列火車在從我的房子下面駛過。
Mathilde! I didn't know. I'm sorry. But what happened?
瑪蒂爾德！我還不知道這些情況哩。我真難過。但是，這是怎么回事呢？
What time?
什么時間？