drifts

英 [drɪfts]

美 [drɪfts]

n.  流动; 趋势; 逐渐变化(尤指向坏的方面); (船只或飞机的)偏航，航差; 水流; 气流
v.  漂流; 漂移; 飘; 缓缓移动; 缓慢行走; 无意间发生; 无目的地转变; 顺其自然地做
drift的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 飘移;漂流
  When somethingdriftssomewhere, it is carried there by the movement of wind or water.
  1. We proceeded to drift on up the river...
     我们继续向河流的上游漂流。
  2. The climbing balloon drifted silently over the countryside...
     不断上升的气球静静地飘过乡间。
  3. The waves became rougher as they drifted.
     他们漂流的时候,波浪越来越汹涌了。
• VERB 无意间进入;不知不觉陷入
  If someone or somethingdrifts intoa situation, they get into that situation in a way that is not planned or controlled.
  1. We need to offer young people drifting into crime an alternative set of values...
     我们需要给那些无意间犯了罪的年轻人灌输另一套价值观。
  2. She and her husband drifted apart and, eventually, they divorced...
     她和她丈夫渐行渐远,最后他们离婚了。
  3. There is a general sense that the country and economy alike are drifting.
     大家普遍感觉国家和经济都脱离了正轨。
• VERB 流浪;漂泊
  If you say that someonedriftsaround, you mean that they travel from place to place without a plan or settled way of life.
  1. You've been drifting from job to job without any real commitment.
     你一直在无目的地更换工作，从未真正投入进去。
• N-COUNT 移动;动向;趋势;逐渐变化
  Adriftis a movement away from somewhere or something, or a movement towards somewhere or something different.
  1. ...the drift towards the cities.
     涌向城市的趋势
• VERB 缓慢移动;逐渐移动
  Todriftsomewhere means to move there slowly or gradually.
  1. As rural factories shed labour, people drift towards the cities.
     由于农村的工厂纷纷裁员,人们逐渐流向城市。
• VERB (声音等)传到,传出
  If soundsdriftsomewhere, they can be heard but they are not very loud.
  1. Cool summer dance sounds are drifting from the stereo indoors.
     清凉的夏日舞曲的声音从室内音响中传了出来。
• VERB (雪)吹积,堆积
  If snowdrifts, it builds up into piles as a result of the movement of the wind.
  1. The snow, except where it drifted, was only calf-deep...
     除了吹得堆积起来的地方,雪只有小腿肚深。
  2. The storm caused severe drifting.
     暴风雪造成了严重的积雪现象。
  3. ...the white and drifted snow.
     白色的积雪
• N-COUNT 雪堆
  Adriftis a mass of snow that has built up into a pile as a result of the movement of wind.
  1. ...a nine-foot snow drift.
     9英尺深的雪堆
• N-COUNT 吹积物;飘浮物;漂流物
  Adrift ofsomething is an amount of it that has been created by the movement of wind or water.
  1. There was a drift of smoke above the trees.
     树林上空飘浮着一股烟。
• N-SING (论点或演说的)主旨,大意
  The drift ofan argument or speech is the general point that is being made in it.
  1. Grace was beginning to get his drift...
     格雷丝慢慢明白了他的意思。
  2. Anybody who's listening will get the drift of what he was saying...
     任何一个在专心听的人都会领悟他所说的大意。
  3. I follow the drift of her conversation.
     我明白她谈话的大意。

双语例句

• What usually happens is that your car drifts in the direction that you're looking?
  通常的情况是，你有什么车的方向漂移，你看？
• A large fishnet supported by floats; it drifts with the current.
  依靠浮流的大号鱼网；它随水流动。
• National Guard helicopters are dropping tons of hay to cattle herds that had been stranded in heavy snow drifts.
  国家警卫队直升飞机正在向由于大雪被困的牲畜群扔下数顿干草。
• As the fly passes and drifts downstream, lower the rod tip and feed line to the drift.
  当饰带毛勾漂流到下游时，降低竿尖和增放飞蝇线使饰带毛勾继续漂流。
• A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake.
  暴风雪夹着大团的积雪吹过湖面。
• In other words, the industry drifts aimlessly without a definitive direction or sense of progress.
  换句话说，行业无目的的随波逐流，没有明确的方向和前瞻性。
• The sweet scent of flowers drifts in the air.
  花的香味在空气中漂流。
• A person has alone lived such many years, drifts in outside feltspecially lonely and is lonely.
  一个人独自生活了这么多年，在外漂泊感到特别孤单和寂寞。
• A hot air balloon, shaped and sized to resemble the Space Shuttle, drifts over Ottawa.
  一个外形和尺寸十分像太空飞船的热气球漂浮在渥太华上空。
• My raft drifts if it is not steered.
  我的小筏子如不被驾驶，即会漂走。