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float

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n.漂流物,浮舟,漂浮,浮萍,彩车 vi.浮动,飘浮,散播,摇摆,漂浮,动摇(计划等)付诸实行 vt.使漂浮,容纳,淹没,发行,实行,用水注满

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动词过去式:floated 过去分词:floated 现在分词:floating 第三人称单数:floats 形容词:floatable

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float


/fləʊt; flot/
v
1 (a) [I, Ipr] stay on or at the surface of a liquid and not sink; be held up in air or gas 漂浮; 飘
*Wood floats (in water). 木头能漂浮(于水面).
* Try and float on your back. 试试仰浮.
(b) [Ipr] move without resistance in air, water or gas; drift slowly 漂流; 飘动
*A balloon floated across the sky. 有个气球从空中飘过.
* The raft was floating gently down the river. 筏子顺河水缓缓漂流.
* (fig 比喻) Thoughts of lazy summer afternoons floated through his mind. 夏日懒洋洋的下午种种思绪在他脑海里浮想联翩.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] 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)漂流或飘动
*There wasn't enough water to float the ship. 水不够深, 船浮不起来.
* float a raft of logs down the river 使圆木筏顺河漂下
* We waited for the tide to float the boat off the sandbank. 我们等待涨潮, 让潮水把船浮起离开沙滩.
3 [Tn] suggest (a plan or project); present for acceptance or rejection 提出(计画、方案等); 交出(以供取舍)
*Let me float a couple of ideas. 让我来谈两三点意见仅供参考.
4 [I, Ipr, Ip] ~ (about/around (sth)) (infml 口) (of a person) move vaguely or aimlessly from place to place; do nothing in particular (指人)游荡, 无所事事
*My weekend was boring I just floated about (the house) or watched TV. 我的周末过得很无聊--只是在屋子里 转转或者看看电视.
5 [Tn] start (a new business company) by selling shares in it to the public (以公开发行股票方式)开办(新公司).
6 (a) [Tn] allow the foreign exchange values of (a currency) to vary freely according to the value of other international currencies 使(某货币)的对外汇率浮动
*float the pound, dollar, yen, etc 使英镑、美元、日元等的对外汇率浮动.
(b) [I] (of a currency) find its own value in this way (指货币)随汇率浮动.
7 (phr v) float about/around (esp in the continuous tenses 尤用于进行时态)
(a) (of a rumour) be heard or talked about a lot (指传闻)广为流传
*There's a rumour floating around of a new job in the unit. 这个部门盛传有个新工作要聘人.
(b) (of an object) be in an unspecified place (指物品)在未指出的某处
*Have you seen my keys floating about (anywhere)? 你在什么地方见到我的钥匙了吗?

/fləʊt; flot/
n
1 (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)鱼漂, 浮子.
(b) light buoyant object that non-swimmers can hold on to while learning to swim 浮板(学游泳用的).
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(使飞行器浮于水面的装置).
4 (a) lorry, cart or low platform on wheels, used for showing things in a procession (游行时载展品等的)卡车、大车或装有轮子的展台; 花车
*The club display was mounted on a huge float and paraded through the main street. 俱乐部的展品装在大型花车上在大街上通过.
(b) vehicle with a low flat base, used for transporting the thing specified 低矮的平板车
*a milk float 运牛奶的平板车.
5 sum of money used for everyday business expenses or for giving change (企业的)日常零钱.
1. Even if two of these were flooded, she would still be able to float.
    即使有两个舱进水,仍可漂浮的水面上。

2. There was enough water to float the ship.
    水深足以载舟。

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