| 单词 | float |
| 释义 | float (once / 127 pages) 1vn 2nv 3v 4v 5v 6n 7n 8n 9n Float is what you do when you're lying on the water. Hopefully you know how to swim, so you can float suspended on the surface of the water, rather than sinking straight to the bottom. We typically think of the verb float as something you do on the surface of an ocean or pool, but it's possible to float in mid-air too. You just need to be attached to a parachute so you don't come crashing down to the ground. You can also "float on air" in a more figurative sense. For example, if the person you're in love with suddenly gives you flowers, you could float around for hours feeling like your feet aren't touching the ground. WORD FAMILYfloat: floatation, floated, floater, floating, floats, floaty, flotation, refloat+/floatation: floatations/floater: floaters/floating: floatingly, floatings/flotation: flotations/refloat: refloated, refloating, refloats USAGE EXAMPLESMany floats honored the natural world and the benefits of science. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Three survivors of that attack were on the float titled “To Honor and Remember Orlando.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Or sit on a sailboat and just float around. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper swim go down, go under, settle, sink go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" sinkcause to sink buoy float on the surface of water go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v be in motion due to some air or water current Syn|Hypo|Hyper be adrift, blow, drift drift cause to be carried by a current 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 3v move lightly, as if suspended The dancer floated across the stage Syn|Hypo|Hyper be adrift, blow, drift be in motion due to some air or water current swimbe afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom ride be sustained or supported or borne go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 4v set afloat He floated the logs down the river The boy floated his toy boat on the pond Syn|Hypo|Hyper swim be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom tide cause to float with the tide driftcause to be carried by a current refloatset afloat again transport move something or somebody around; usually over long distances 5v put into the water float a ship Hyper launch propel with force 6n something that floats on the surface of water Hypo|Hyper bob, bobber, bobfloat, cork a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line chipa triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line flotation device, life preserver, preserverrescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning pontoona float supporting a seaplane rafta flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers Kon Tiki, balsa rafta light raft made of balsa life belt, life buoy, life ring, lifesavera life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material cork jacket, life jacket, life vestlife preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design Carling float, life rafta raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency water wingsa life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy; used by children learning to swim artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 7n an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy 2Syn|Hyper air bladder, swim bladder sac a structure resembling a bag in an animal 1n a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco Syn|Hyper plasterer's float hand tool a tool used with workers' hands 2v make the surface of level or smooth 3float the plaster Hyper smooth, smoothen make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing v allow (currencies) to fluctuate 4The government floated the ruble for a few months Hyper value fix or determine the value of; assign a value to v circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with 5The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform Hyper essay, examine, prove, test, try, try out put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to v convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation 6float data Hyper change over, convert change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy n an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade 7Hyper display, presentation a visual representation of something n the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public 8Hyper stock the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity) n a drink with ice cream floating in it 9Syn|Hypo|Hyper ice-cream float, ice-cream soda root beer float an ice-cream soda made with ice cream floating in root beer drink a single serving of a beverage n the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment Hyper interval, time interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants |
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