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drift/drift/ n. & v.●n. 1a slow movement or variation 缓慢地移动(或变动) b such movement caused by a slow current 漂流，飘游 2 the intention, meaning, scope, etc. of what is said etc. (所说等的)意义，含义(主旨等) didn't understand his drift 不明白他话里的含义 3 a large mass of snow, sand, etc., accumulated by the wind 吹积物(被风扬起而堆积的大量雪、沙等) 4 esp. derog. a state of inaction [尤贬]迟钝状态 5a Naut. a ship's deviation from its course, due to currents 【海】(由于水流)船只偏离航线 b Aeron. an aircraft's deviation due to side winds 【空】(由于侧面风飞机)偏航 c a projectile's deviation due to its rotation (抛射体由于旋转而产生的)偏差 d a controlled slide of a racing car etc. (赛车等的)滑移 6 Mining a horizontal passage following a mineral vein 【采矿学】(水)平巷(道) 7 a large mass of esp. flowering plants 大丛的(尤指开花)植物 a drift of bluebells 一片圆叶风铃草 8 Geol. 【地质】a material deposited by the wind, a current of water, etc. (由风、水流等引起的)吹积物；堆积物；漂聚物 b (Drift) Pleistocene ice detritus, e.g. boulder clay (更新世冰川的)冰碛(如冰砾土) 9 Brit. hist. the movement of cattle, esp. a gathering in a forest on an appointed day to determine ownership etc. [英史义] (尤指林中)赶拢牲口(一种决定所有权等的做法) 10 a tool for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal 冲头；圆凿；穿孔器 11 S. Afr. a ford [南非]浅滩 ●v. 1 intr. be carried by or as if by a current of air or water 漂流；飘 2 intr. move or progress passively, casually, or aimlessly (被动、随意、无目的地)移动 drifted into teaching 无意间从事了教学 3a tr. & intr. pile or be piled by the wind into drifts (被)吹聚；(被)漂聚 b tr. cover (a field, a road, etc.) with drifts 由漂移物覆盖(田野、道路等) 4 tr. form or enlarge (a hole) with a drift 穿(孔)；打(眼)；扩(洞) 5 tr. (of a current) carry (水流)使漂流；使飘游 □ driftage n.[Middle English from Old Norse & Middle Dutch, Middle High German trift ‘movement of cattle’: related to DRIVE] |