| 释义 | rafting
 raft 1R0020000 (răft)n.1.  A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.2.  A flatbottom inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water: shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.v. raft·ed, raft·ing, rafts v.tr.1.  To convey on a raft.2.  To make into a raft.v.intr. To travel by raft.[Middle English, from Old Norse raptr, beam, rafter.]
 
 raft 2R0020000 (răft) n. Informal A great number, amount, or collection: "As the prairie dog goes, conservation biologists say, so may go a raft of other creatures" (William K. Stevens).[Originally American English, alteration (probably influenced by raft) of dialectal English (Scotland and Northern England) raff, a large collection or number (of something), abundance, from Middle English raf in rif and raf, everything, one and all, sweepings, rubbish; see riffraff.] Translations
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 rafting[′raft·iŋ]  (geology) Transporting of rock by floating ice or floating organic materials (such as logs) to places not reached by water currents.   (oceanography) The process of forming rafted ice. LegalSeeRAFT |