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🔑 floatBrE /fləʊt/NAmE /floʊt/ verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they float BrE /fləʊt/ NAmE /floʊt/present simple - he / she / it floats BrE /fləʊts/ NAmE /floʊts/past simple floated BrE /ˈfləʊtɪd/ NAmE /ˈfloʊtɪd/past participle floated BrE /ˈfləʊtɪd/ NAmE /ˈfloʊtɪd/ -ing form floating BrE /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/ NAmE /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/➤on water/in air 水上；空中🔑 [I] + adv./prep. to move slowly on water or in the air 浮动；漂流；飘动；飘移 SYN drift ◆A group of swans floated by. 一群天鹅缓缓游过。◆The smell of new bread floated up from the kitchen. 厨房里飘出新鲜面包的香味。◆Beautiful music came floating out of the window. 美妙的乐声从窗口传出。◆(figurative) An idea suddenly floated into my mind. 我脑海里突然浮现出一个想法。◆(figurative) People seem to float in and out of my life. 不同的人在我的生命中出现和消失。🔑 [I] to stay on or near the surface of a liquid and not sink 浮；漂浮◆Wood floats. 木头能浮起来。◆~ in/on sthA plastic bag was floating in the water. 一个塑料袋在水中漂浮。◆Can you float on your back? 你能仰浮吗？ [T] to make sth move on or near the surface of a liquid 使浮动；使漂流◆~ sthThere wasn't enough water to float the ship. 水不够深，船浮动不起来。◆~ sth + adv./prep. They float the logs down the river to the towns. 他们把原木沿河漂运至城镇。➤walk lightly 飘然走动 [I] + adv./prep. (literary) to walk or move in a smooth and easy way 轻盈走动；飘然移动 SYN glide ◆She floated down the steps to greet us. 她轻盈地下楼来迎接我们。➤suggest idea 提出想法 [T] ~ sthto suggest an idea or a plan for other people to consider 提出，提请考虑（想法或计划）◆They floated the idea of increased taxes on alcohol. 他们建议提高酒税。➤business/economics 商业；经济学 [T] ~ sth(business 商业) to sell shares in a company or business to the public for the first time （公司或企业）首次公开发行（股票），使上市◆The company was floated on the stock market in 2014.这家公司于 2014 年上市。◆Shares were floated at 585p. 股票最初上市价为 5 英镑 85 便士。 [T, I] ~ (sth) (economics 经济学) if a government floats its country's money or allows it to float, it allows its value to change freely according to the value of the money of other countries （使货币汇率）自由浮动 ●float sb's ˈboat(informal) to be what sb likes 为某人所喜欢◆You can listen to whatever kind of music floats your boat. 无论你喜欢哪种音乐，你都可以听。●float/walk on ˈairto feel very happy 欢天喜地；得意扬扬 ●ˌfloat aˈbout/aˈround () if an idea, etc. is floating around, it is talked about by a number of people or passed from one person to another （思想等）传播，流传 🔑 floatBrE /fləʊt/NAmE /floʊt/ noun➤vehicle 车辆a large vehicle on which people dressed in special costumes are carried in a festival 彩车◆a carnival float 狂欢节彩车➤in fishing 钓鱼a small light object attached to a fishing line that stays on the surface of the water and moves when a fish has been caught 浮子；鱼漂➤for swimming 游泳a light object that floats in the water and is held by a person who is learning to swim to stop them from sinking （学游泳用的）浮板 armband, dive, flipper, float, goggles, length, paddle, stroke, swim, water wings ➤drink 饮料(NAmE) a drink with ice cream floating in it 加冰淇淋的饮料◆a Coke float 一杯加冰淇淋的可口可乐➤money 钱(especially BrE) a sum of money consisting of coins and notes of low value that is given to sb before they start selling things so that they can give customers change （商店的）备用零钱➤business 商业 = flotation (1) |