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单词 drifting
释义 drifting
I. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of drift (II)
1. : disposed to drift or move aimlessly : pusillanimous, ambitionless
 < seemed gentle, affectionate, drifting — W.B.Yeats >
 < we see weak, neurotic, helpless, drifting, unhappy people — J.C.Powys >
2. : constantly shifting or floating about
 < a drifting double-dealer has appeared … and chiseled himself in as top man — Hoffman Birney >
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of drift (II)
: the act or motion of one that drifts; specifically : the act of driving a mine drift
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