raft
noun /rɑːft/
/ræft/
- a flat structure made of pieces of wood tied together and used as a boat or floating platform
木排;筏 Topics Transport by waterb2- They built a raft of logs.
他们造了一只木排。 - He was found floating on a raft.
人们发现他在木筏上漂着。 - The raft floated away down the river.
木排顺河漂走了。 - We paddled the raft to the shore.
我们将木筏划向岸边。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- life
- inflatable
- rubber
- …
- build
- make
- inflate
- …
- float
- capsize
- overturn
- …
- race
- on a/the raft
- onto a/the raft
- They built a raft of logs.
- a small boat made of rubber or plastic that is filled with air
橡皮艇;充气船 - an inflatable raft
充气橡皮筏 - The two airmen inflated the life raft.
两位飞行员给救生筏充了气。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- life
- inflatable
- rubber
- …
- build
- make
- inflate
- …
- float
- capsize
- overturn
- …
- race
- on a/the raft
- onto a/the raft
- an inflatable raft
- [usually singular] raft of something (informal) a large number or amount of something
大量;许多 - a whole raft of new proposals
大量新的提议
- a whole raft of new proposals
词源senses 1 to 2 late Middle English (in the sense ‘beam, rafter’): from Old Norse raptr ‘rafter’.sense 3 mid 19th cent.: alteration of dialect raff ‘abundance’ (perhaps of Scandinavian origin), by association with raft in the sense ‘floating mass’.