| 单词 | drift |
| 释义 | drift (once / 172 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4vn 5n 6n If you get my drift, you get the basic meaning of what I'm saying. Or, if you move around without a seeming fixed destination, you are said to drift — whether you're a snowflake or just a wanderer. Interestingly, the verb to drift can be used either approvingly or disapprovingly. We rather admire the freedom of certain objects that drift, such as snow drifts or drift wood, but applied to people we're a bit more critical: we tend to harbor suspicions of the carefree Gypsy or nomad, hence the moral criticism (and danger) inherent in the term drifters. WORD FAMILYdrift: driftage, drifted, drifter, drifting, drifts+/drifter: drifters/drifting: driftingly, driftings USAGE EXAMPLESThose in attendance drifted in under a yellow-and-white striped awning, the men dressed in tuxedos, the women in ballgowns, many with their hair swept high. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) It was a symbol of Israelis’ steady drift to the right in recent years. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) Trout are fair while drifting deep bayous in the marsh. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1 1v be in motion due to some air or water current the boat drifted on the lake the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore Syn|Hypo|Hyper be adrift, blow, float float move lightly, as if suspended waft be driven or carried along, as by the air tidebe carried with the tide streamto extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v cause to be carried by a current drift the boats downstream Syn|Hyper be adrift, blow, float be in motion due to some air or water current float set afloat 3v drive slowly and far afield for grazing drift the cattle herds westwards Hyper crop, graze, pasture let feed in a field or pasture or meadow 4n a force that moves something along 2Syn|Hyper impetus, impulsion force (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity 1v wander from a direct course or at random don't drift from the set course Syn|Hyper err, stray cast, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v vary or move from a fixed point or course stock prices are drifting higher Hyper vary be subject to change in accordance with a variable 3v be subject to fluctuation The stock market drifted upward Hyper change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature 4n a general tendency to change (as of opinion) Syn|Hypo|Hyper movement, trend evolutionary trend a general direction of evolutionary change gravitationa figurative movement toward some attraction neotenyan evolutionary trend to be born earlier so that development is cut off at an earlier stage and juvenile characteristics are retained in adults of the species disposition, inclination, tendency an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others 5n a process of linguistic change over a period of time Hypo|Hyper melioration the linguistic process in which over a period of time a word grows more positive in connotation or more elevated in meaning linguistic process a process involved in human language 6n the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) 3Hypo|Hyper leeway (of a ship or plane) sideways drift action, activity, natural action, natural process a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) 1v move in an unhurried fashion The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests Syn|Hyper freewheel live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely circulate move around freely 2v live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school Syn|Hyper freewheel exist, live, subsist, survive support oneself 3v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment 4the laborers drift from one town to the next Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander err, stray wander from a direct course or at random wandergo via an indirect route or at no set pace maunder wander aimlessly gad, gallivant, jazz aroundwander aimlessly in search of pleasure go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 1v be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current snow drifting several feet high sand drifting like snow Hyper accumulate, amass, conglomerate, cumulate, gather, pile up collect or gather 2n a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents 5Hypo|Hyper drumlin a mound of glacial drift snowdrifta mass of snow heaped up by the wind mass a body of matter without definite shape n the pervading meaning or tenor 6caught the general drift of the conversation Syn|Hyper purport strain, tenor the general meaning or substance of an utterance n a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine they dug a drift parallel with the vein Syn|Hyper gallery, heading passageway a passage between rooms or between buildings |
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