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

• 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。
• Ice glazed the ripe apples, drifts of snow crushed the blowing roses.
  冰给成熟的苹果上了光，积雪压坏了怒放的玫瑰。
• 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。
• When snowflake drifts the road we head indoors and resign ourselves to the quiet crackle of the wood fire.
  当雪花在路面堆积，我们回到屋内，让自己沉迷在炉火稍微的噼啪声中。
• The results indicate that temperature and light power drifts have little influence on the measurement accuracy.
  结果表明，该方法的温度漂移和光源强度变化对测量结果的影响很小。
• A leaf of a boat drifts along with the waves.
  一叶扁舟在随波浮漾。
• 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？
• My mind drifts to the years of my youth.
  我回想起了自己的青年时代。
• The saplings were buried in drifts of snow.
  树苗被堆起来的雪埋住了。
• The conversation drifts into small talk, and Margot reappears, telling us our time is up.
  我们的谈话转为了闲谈，玛戈特再次出现，她告诉我们时间到了。