一、详细释义:


n.

鱼漂浮子 [C]


例句:

Pay attention to your float!

注意你的浮子!


例句:

When the pump is resting on the bottom, check the float position.

潜水泵放到盆底上时,检查浮子位置。


浮体,浮板,救生圈 [C]


例句:

The float is a direct acting float switch.

这个浮球是一个直接作用的浮控开关。


例句:

He sat on a float that the whale could have smashed with a flip of her tail.

他坐在一个浮筒上,如果鲸鱼把尾巴一甩就能把浮筒碰个粉碎。


彩车,花车


例句:

The Santa Claus float tailed the parade.

圣诞老人花车排在游行队伍的后面。


例句:

A float with a model satellite is displayed during the parade.

一辆载有卫星模型的彩车在游行中展示。


备用零钱

v.

(使)飘荡,漂浮,浮动 [I,T]


例句:

They floated the canoe out into the middle of the river.

他们将独木舟漂浮到河中央。


例句:

There is not enough water to float the ship.

没有足够的水使船漂浮起来。


飘到,传到 [I,T]


例句:

The smells of delicious foods floated all around him.

美食的香味弥漫在他的四周。


例句:

Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie on the lush grass.

你躺在绿草如茵的草地上,涤荡心灵的乐声随着清香的夏日微风飘到你的身边。


提出 [T]


例句:

The idea is floated at the meeting hold in June.

这项意见是在六月召开的那次会上提出的。


例句:

The idea was first floated before the war.

这个想法最早是在战前提出的。


优雅地走动,轻盈地走动;游荡 [I]


例句:

The orphan floated from town to town.

那个孤儿在各个城市游荡。


例句:

Caroline floated up the aisle on her father's arm.

卡罗琳挽着父亲的手臂从过道上优雅地走过。


使(公司)发行股票,使上市 [T]


例句:

He floated his firm on the stock market.

他让自己的公司上市了。


例句:

The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares.

顾问们对于发行60%还是100%股份的关键问题迟迟未作决定。


(使)(货币)自由浮动 [I,T]


例句:

The government floated the ruble for a few months.

政府让卢布的汇率浮动了几个月。


例句:

59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.

59%的人认为应该允许英镑自由浮动。


二、词义辨析:


drift,float

这两个动词均有“漂流,漂浮”之意。 drift多指随风或顺水飘荡,表示动态。 float可与drift换用,但侧重指因有液体或气体所支持而不下沉,可表动态或静态。


三、相关短语:


milk float

n. 送牛奶之马车


四、参考例句:


The float is a direct acting float switch.

这个浮球是一个直接作用的浮控开关。


Pay attention to your float!

注意你的浮子!


How would a hoverboard float?

气垫板是怎么漂浮的?


The Santa Claus float tailed the parade.

圣诞老人花车排在游行队伍的后面。


Kathy can float on her back.

凯西能够漂浮。


I wasn't sure if the raft would float.


There is not enough water to float the ship.

没有足够的水使船漂浮起来。


These plants float on the surface of the water.

这些植物漂浮在水面上。


There is not enough water to float the ship.

没有足够的水使船漂浮起来。


Blood cells like red blood cells float in the plasma.

血细胞都漂在血浆里,比如红细胞。