單詞
drift
英 [dr?ft]
美[dr?ft]
基本信息
- n. 漂流，漂移；趨勢；漂流物
- vi. 漂流，漂移；漂泊
- vt. 使…漂流；使…受風(fēng)吹積
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英英釋意
- 1. a force that moves something along
- 2. the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
- 3. a process of linguistic change over a period of time
- 4. something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
- 5. a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
- "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
- "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
- 6. general meaning or tenor;
- "caught the drift of the conversation"
- 7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
- "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"