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单词 raft
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raftnoun

uk/rɑːft/us/ræft/

raft noun (FLOATING STRUCTURE)

[ C ] a flat floating structure for travelling across water, often made of pieces of wood tied roughly together and moved along with a paddle (= pole with a flat end):

We lashed together anything that would float to make a raft.

[ C ] a fixed, flat floating structure that swimmers can use to land on or dive from

[ C ] a small rubber or plastic boat that can be filled with air:

a rubber raft
an inflatable raft

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Boats & sailing craft

  • buoy
  • canoe
  • catamaran
  • cruiser
  • dugout
  • gondola
  • kayak
  • longboat
  • motorboat
  • narrowboat
  • outboard motor
  • pedal boat
  • riverboat
  • rowing boat
  • sailing boat
  • sampan
  • speedboat
  • trimaran
  • windsurfer
  • yacht

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raft noun (MANY)

[ C usually singular ] a large number or range; a lot:

a raft of data
We have designed a whole raft of measures to improve the transport system.

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Masses and large amounts of things

  • accumulation
  • an embarrassment of riches idiom
  • any number of things idiom
  • backlog
  • battery
  • boatload
  • bolus
  • clot
  • deluge
  • fund
  • lashing
  • lather
  • outpouring
  • panoply
  • plethora
  • predominance
  • preponderance
  • sheet
  • shower
  • thousand

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raftverb [ I or T ]

uk/rɑːft/us/ræft/

to travel or transport something on a raft:

They rafted their supplies down the river.
We rafted through the rapids.
Have you ever been white water rafting?

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Sailing & boating

  • bail
  • bale
  • becalmed
  • crew
  • cruise
  • draft
  • knot
  • navigable
  • ocean-going
  • pilot
  • rafting
  • roll
  • sail
  • sea legs
  • seafaring
  • seamanship
  • shipboard
  • tack
  • whitewater rafting
  • yachtswoman

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Movement on or through water
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