float

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英[fləʊt]
美[floʊt]

基本释义

v.
使漂浮; 飘荡; 优雅地走动; 提出; 使上市; 货币自由浮动
n.
浮体; 鱼漂浮子; 彩车; 备用零钱; 加冰激凌的饮料

词性变化

实用例句

She floated down the steps to greet us.

她轻盈地下楼来迎接我们。

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They floated the idea of increased taxes on alcohol.

他们建议提高酒税。

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The company was floated on the stock market in 2001.

这家公司于 2001 年上市。

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Shares were floated at 585p.

股票最初上市价为5英镑85便士。

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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。

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a carnival float

狂欢节彩车

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Beautiful music came floating out of the window.

美妙的乐声从窗口传出。

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(figurative)An idea suddenly floated into my mind.

我脑海里突然浮现出一个想法。

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(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。

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Wood floats.

木头能浮起来。

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A plastic bag was floating in the water.

一个塑料袋在水中漂浮。

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Can you float on your back?

你能仰浮吗?

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There wasn't enough water to float the ship.

水不够深,船浮动不起来。

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They float the logs down the river to the towns.

他们把原木沿河漂流至城镇。

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A group of swans floated by.

一群天鹅缓缓游过。

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The smell of new bread floated up from the kitchen.

厨房里飘出新鲜面包的香味。

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They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.

他们发现水中漂浮着50和20美元的纸币。

...barges floating quietly by the grassy river banks...

青草萋萋的河岸边静静漂浮着的驳船

Empty things float.

空的物体会在水中浮起。

The white cloud of smoke floated away.

白色的烟雾飘远了。

...the sun's rays lighting up the dust floating in the air.

阳光照亮了空气中浮动的灰尘

Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie on the lush grass...

你躺在绿草如茵的草地上,涤荡心灵的乐声随着清香的夏日微风飘到你的身边。

The smells of delicious foods floated all around him.

美食的香味弥漫在他的四周。

Caroline floated up the aisle on her father's arm.

卡罗琳挽着父亲的手臂从过道上优雅地走过。

The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work in the hands of the UN.

法国提出将外交工作交由联合国处理的想法。

He floated his firm on the stock market...

他让自己的公司上市了。

The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares.

顾问们对于发行60%还是100%股份的关键问题迟迟未作决定。

A decision by the Finns to float their currency sent a shudder through the foreign exchanges...

芬兰允许其货币自由浮动的决定在外汇市场上引起了震动。

59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.

59%的人认为应该允许英镑自由浮动。

There are still some unfounded fears floating around out there about cancer being contagious.

社会上还是有一些毫无根据的关于癌症会传染的恐惧。

真题例句

When Beijing allows its currency exchange rates to float.

出自-2012年12月阅读原文

As a young man, he began walking over tens of thousands of miles during his lifetime, through the south to Florida, the west to California and north to Alaska, where readers are taken a long and particularly hair-raising adventure on a large mass of floating ice

出自-2013年6月听力原文

The West Antarctic ice sheet was once floating ice.

出自-2010年12月听力原文

Unlike floating ice shelves which have little impact on sea level when they break up, the ice sheet is anchored to bedrock will blow the sea surface

出自-2010年12月听力原文

But he is also working at a far more fundamental level: his staff show people how to make floating gardens and fish ponds prevent starvation during the wet season.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serve as floating libraries, schools, and health clinics, and are equipped with solar panels and other communicating facilities.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

If steel is heavier than water, why are ships able to float on the sea?

2015年高考英语浙江卷 单项填空 原文

If you leave your arms out, they float free in zero gravity, often giving a sleeping astronaut the look of a funny ballet dancer.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Leroy Chiao describes what happens even before you float out of your seat, your inner ear thinks you're falling.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Rezwan is creating floating connectivity to replace flooded roads and highways.

2017年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

They float out of their seats unexpectedly.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

You can watch a movie while you pedal by floating a microcomputer anywhere you want.

2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

Because electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.

2013年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of "float" — it takes several days before a check is cashed and funds are withdrawn from the issuer's account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meant

2013年考研真题(英语二)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

英英释义

Noun
  • 1. the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

  • 2. the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

  • 3. a drink with ice cream floating in it

  • 4. an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

  • 5. a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

  • 6. something that remains on the surface of a liquid

Verb
  • 1. be in motion due to some air or water current;

    "The leaves were blowing in the wind"

    "the boat drifted on the lake"

    "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"

    "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

  • 2. be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink

  • 3. set afloat;

    "He floated the logs down the river"

    "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

  • 4. circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with;

    "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

  • 5. move lightly, as if suspended;

    "The dancer floated across the stage"

  • 6. put into the water;

    "float a ship"

  • 7. make the surface of level or smooth;

    "float the plaster"

  • 8. allow (currencies) to fluctuate;

    "The government floated the ruble for a few months"

  • 9. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation;

    "float data"

同义词辨析

drift, float

这两个动词均有"漂流,漂浮"之意。

  • drift: 多指随风或顺水飘荡,表示动态。
  • float: 可与drift换用,但侧重指因有液体或气体所支持而不下沉,可表动态或静态。

同义词

n.筏子

raft

vt.提出;支持

sustainupholdbuoy

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