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| 1 | C a large pile of snow or sand formed by the wind 吹积的雪堆；吹积的沙堆 |
| The car was stuck in a deep snow drift. 汽车陷在很深的雪堆里。 |
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| 2 | singular a slow and gradual change from one situation or opinion to another 渐变 |
| the drift away from socialism 逐渐偏离社会主义 |
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| 3 | singular a gradual movement of people from one place to another 流动 |
| the population drift to the cities 人口向城市的流动 |
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| 4 | singular informal the meaning that someone is trying to express 意义；含义 |
| the general drift Well, anyway, I’ m sure you get the general drift. 好啦，不管怎么样，你肯定理解大概的意思。 |
| get/catch sb’ s drift (=understand the basic meaning) Do you get my drift? 大概理解某人的意思 |
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