float
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(a) [I, Ipr] stay on or at the surface of a liquid and not sink; be held up in air or gas 漂浮; 飄
Wood floats (in water). 木頭能漂浮(於水面).
Try and float on your back. 試試仰浮.
(b) [Ipr] move without resistance in air, water or gas; drift slowly 漂流; 飄動
A balloon floated across the sky. 有個氣球從空中飄過.
The raft was floating gently down the river. 筏子順河水緩緩漂流.
(fig 比喻) Thoughts of lazy summer afternoons floated through his mind. 夏日懶洋洋的下午種種思緒在他腦海里浮想聯(lián)翩.
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bring (sth) to the surface of a liquid; cause (sth) to move on liquid or in air 使(某物)漂浮; 使(某物)漂流或飄動
There wasn't enough water to float the ship. 水不夠深, 船浮不起來.
float a raft of logs down the river 使圓木筏順河漂下
We waited for the tide to float the boat off the sandbank. 我們等待漲潮, 讓潮水把船浮起離開沙灘.
3 [Tn] suggest (a plan or project); present for acceptance or rejection 提出(計畫、 方案等); 交出(以供取舍)
Let me float a couple of ideas. 讓我來談兩三點意見僅供參考.
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~ (about/around (sth)) (infml 口) (of a person) move vaguely or aimlessly from place to place; do nothing in particular (指人)游蕩, 無所事事
My weekend was boring I just floated about (the house) or watched TV. 我的周末過得很無聊--只是在屋子里 轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)或者看看電視.
5 [Tn] start (a new business company) by selling shares in it to the public (以公開發(fā)行股票方式)開辦(新公司).
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(a) [Tn] allow the foreign exchange values of (a currency) to vary freely according to the value of other international currencies 使(某貨幣)的對外匯率浮動
float the pound, dollar, yen, etc 使英鎊、 美元、 日元等的對外匯率浮動.
(b) [I] (of a currency) find its own value in this way (指貨幣)隨匯率浮動.
7 (phr v) float about/around (esp in the continuous tenses 尤用於進(jìn)行時態(tài))
(a) (of a rumour) be heard or talked about a lot (指傳聞)廣為流傳
There's a rumour floating around of a new job in the unit. 這個部門盛傳有個新工作要聘人.
(b) (of an object) be in an unspecified place (指物品)在未指出的某處
Have you seen my keys floating about (anywhere)? 你在什麼地方見到我的鑰匙了嗎? float n
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(a) light object made of cork, etc that stays on the surface of a liquid, esp one attached to a fishing-line (to indicate when the bait has been taken) or to a net (to support it in water) 漂浮物; (尤指)魚漂, 浮子.
(b) light buoyant object that non-swimmers can hold on to while learning to swim ?quot;澹ㄑв斡居玫模?
2 floating hollow ball or other air-filled container, used to control the flow of water, petrol, etc into a tank 浮球(用以控制水、 汽油等流量的).
3 structure that enables an aircraft to float on water 浮筒(使飛行器浮於水面的裝置).
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(a) lorry, cart or low platform on wheels, used for showing things in a procession (游行時載展品等的)卡車、 大車或裝有輪子的展臺; 花車
The club display was mounted on a huge float and paraded through the main street. 俱樂部的展品裝在大型花車上在大街上通過.
(b) vehicle with a low flat base, used for transporting the thing specified 低矮的平板車
a milk float 運牛奶的平板車.
5 sum of money used for everyday business expenses or for giving change (企業(yè)的)日常零錢.