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词汇 float
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float

verb
 
/fləʊt/
/fləʊt/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they float
/fləʊt/
/fləʊt/
he / she / it floats
/fləʊts/
/fləʊts/
past simple floated
/ˈfləʊtɪd/
/ˈfləʊtɪd/
past participle floated
/ˈfləʊtɪd/
/ˈfləʊtɪd/
-ing form floating
/ˈfləʊtɪŋ/
/ˈfləʊtɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs

    on water/in air水上;空中

  1.  
    [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move slowly on water or in the air浮动;漂流;飘动;飘移 synonym drift
    • A group of swans floated by.一群天鹅缓缓游过。
    • The smell of new bread floated up from the kitchen.厨房里飘出新鲜面包的香味。
    • Beautiful music came floating out of the window.美妙的乐声从窗口传出。
    • The boats were floating gently down the river.小船顺河悠悠漂下。
    • Add the gnocchi and cook until they float to the surface.加入汤团,煮到它们浮到表面。
    • (figurative) People seem to float in and out of my life.不同的人在我的生命中出现和消失。
    • A few small clouds floated across the sky.几小片云彩飘过天空。
    • Her voice seemed to float on the water as gently as a slight mist.她的声音那么温柔,就好像薄雾轻轻浮在水面一般。
    • In the dream my feet leave the ground and I start to float upwards.在梦里 ,我双脚离开地面开始往上飘。
    • (figurative) An idea suddenly floated into my mind.我脑海里突然浮现出一个想法。
    Topics Transport by waterb2
    Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • slowly
    • downstream
    verb + float
    • seem to
    preposition
    • across
    • down
    • in
  2.  
    [intransitive] to stay on or near the surface of a liquid and not sink浮;漂浮
    • Wood floats.木头能浮起来。
    • Much of the bay is covered by floating sea ice. 海湾的大部分被漂浮的海冰覆盖着。
    • float in something She relaxed, floating gently in the water.她全身放松, 轻轻漂浮在水中。
    • float on something A plastic bag was floating on the water.一个塑料袋漂浮在水面上。
    • We tried to make a raft but it wouldn't float.我们设法做了一只筏子,但它浮不起来。
    • Vast masses of frogspawn floated just beneath the surface.大量的蛙卵漂浮在水面下。
    Topics Transport by waterb2
    Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • slowly
    • downstream
    verb + float
    • seem to
    preposition
    • across
    • down
    • in
  3. [transitive] to make something move on or near the surface of a liquid使浮动;使漂流
    • float something There wasn't enough water to float the ship.水不够深,船浮动不起来。
    • float something + adv./prep. They float the logs down the river to the towns.他们把原木沿河漂运至城镇。
    Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • slowly
    • downstream
    verb + float
    • seem to
    preposition
    • across
    • down
    • in
  4. walk lightly飘然走动

  5. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (literary) to walk or move in a smooth and easy way轻盈走动;飘然移动 synonym glide
    • She floated down the steps to greet us.她轻盈地下楼来迎接我们。
    • The couple floated across the dance floor.这对夫妇飘过舞池。
  6. suggest idea提出想法

  7. [transitive] float something to suggest an idea or a plan for other people to consider提出,提请考虑(想法或计划)
    • They floated the idea of increased taxes on alcohol.他们建议提高酒税。
    Topics Suggestions and advicec2
  8. business/economics商业;经济学

  9. [transitive] float something (business商业) to sell shares in a company or business to the public for the first time(公司或企业)首次公开发行(股票),使上市
    • The company was floated on the stock market in 2014.这家公司于 2014 年上市。
    • Shares were floated at 585p.股票最初上市价为 5 英镑 85 便士。
    Topics Moneyc2
  10. [transitive, intransitive] float (something) (economics经济学) if a government floats its country’s money or allows it to float, it allows its value to change freely according to the value of the money of other countries(使货币汇率)自由浮动
    • The government decided to allow the peso to float freely.政府决定让比索自由浮动。
    Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • freely
    verb + float
    • allow something to
  11. 词源Old English flotian (verb), of Germanic origin and related to fleet ‘move or pass quickly’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic.
Idioms
float somebody’s boat
  1. (informal) to be what somebody likes为某人所喜欢
    • You can listen to whatever kind of music floats your boat.无论你喜欢哪种音乐,你都可以听。
float/walk on air
  1. to feel very happy欢天喜地;得意扬扬
    • Most couples feel they are walking on air on their wedding day.大多数夫妇觉得他们在结婚那天是在空中漫步。
    Topics Feelingsc2

float

noun
/fləʊt/
/fləʊt/

    vehicle车辆

  1. a large vehicle on which people dressed in special costumes are carried in a festival彩车
    • a carnival float狂欢节彩车
    see also milk float
  2. in fishing钓鱼

  3. a small light object attached to a fishing line that stays on the surface of the water and moves when a fish has been caught浮子;鱼漂
    • float fishing漂浮捕鱼
  4. for swimming游泳

  5. a light object that floats in the water and is held by a person who is learning to swim(学游泳用的)浮板
    Wordfinder
    • armband
    • dive
    • flipper
    • float
    • goggles
    • length
    • paddle
    • stroke
    • swim
    • water wings
  6. drink饮料

  7. (North American English) a drink with ice cream floating in it加冰淇淋的饮料
    • a Coke float一杯加冰淇淋的可口可乐
  8. money

  9. (especially British English) a sum of money consisting of coins and notes of low value that is given to somebody before they start selling things so that they can give customers change(商店的)备用零钱
  10. business商业

  11. (also flotation)
    [countable, uncountable] the process of selling shares in a company to the public for the first time in order to raise money(公司或企业)首次公开发行(股票),使上市
  12. 词源Old English flotian (verb), of Germanic origin and related to fleet ‘move or pass quickly’, reinforced in Middle English by Old French floter, also from Germanic.
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