drifting

英 [ˈdrɪftɪŋ]

美 [ˈdrɪftɪŋ]

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的现在分词

现在分词：drifting　

医学计算机

BNC.33263 / COCA.26170

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。

英英释义

noun

• aimless wandering from place to place

adj

• continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another
  1. a drifting double-dealer
  2. the floating population
  3. vagrant hippies of the sixties
  Synonym:aimlessfloatingvagabondvagrant

双语例句

• There is nothing worse than trying to relax and eat a special meal only to find clouds of cigarette smoke drifting over you.
  本打算轻松一下，吃上一顿特别的饭菜，结果却发现周围烟雾缭绕——没有什么比这更糟糕了。
• Some people enjoy that kind of life, drifting from pillar to post.
  有些人喜欢这种生活，到处漂泊游荡。
• I lie down, get comfortable, and immediately I'm drifting off.
  我躺下，感觉很舒服，并且立刻我入睡了。
• At this moment we're a helpless, drifting hulk.
  现在我们成了无助漂泊的废船。
• For we are drifting in the stream of the world.
  因为我们都在世界的溪流中漂泊。
• But soon I was drifting back again.
  可是，不一会儿我又转了回来。
• 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。
• This drifting was the dismalest work; it held one's heart still.
  这种漂行是最无生气的工作，把人的一颗心给静止了。
• He's still drifting along, without a proper job or any sense of purpose.
  他仍在混日子，既无正当职业，又无任何志向。
• She told me of the pleasures of her youth and said now that her beauty had faded she was drifting from place to place by rivers and lakes.
  自叙少小时欢乐事，今漂沦憔悴，转徙于江湖间。（白居易《琵琶行》）