float

英 [fləʊt] 美 [floʊt]

• v. 漂浮；浮现；飘动；提出
• n. 浮标；漂浮物；漂浮

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)漂浮

   (cause to) stay at the top of liquid or be held up in air without sinking

2. vi. 浮动

   vary freely in value against other countries' money from day to day

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 摇摆，动摇
2. 漂泊，（使）漂流，（使）漂浮，漂，（使）浮动，（使）浮起，浮现，浮
3. 付诸实施，实行
4. 在流通中，在传播中，散布，散播
5. 【经】（使）货币浮动
6. 筹资开办，成立
7. 提出，建议，提请考虑
8. 飘流，（使）飘动，飘逸
9. 淹没，以水注满
10. 轻盈走动，飘然移动
11. 游荡
12. 发行（股票）上市

n. 名词

1. 浮标，浮筒，浮子
2. 木筏
3. 漂游物，浮游物，浮萍，浮冰
4. 花车，彩车
5. 上面浮有冰淇淋的饮料
6. 【经】浮动
7. 漂浮
8. 备用零钱
9. 浮码头，浮船坞
10. 水箱浮球
11. 救生圈
12. 【机】浮体
13. 浮动时间

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 floats on the surface of water

7. an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

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 either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. There is not enough water to float the ship.
   没有足够的水使船漂浮起来。
2. These plants float on the surface of the water.
   这些植物漂浮在水面上。
3. They float the canoe out into the middle of the river.
   他们将独木舟漂浮到河中央。
4. Survival bobbing lets you float for a long time on your stomach.
   救生浮游就是让你长时间地仰卧着漂浮在水上。
5. Idle thoughts floated through his mind.
   莫名其妙地想法浮现在他心头。
6. Like drifting clouds, hilltops mirrored in a mirage appear to float behind a Land Rover.
   在一辆路虎后山顶映在海市蜃楼中漂浮，像飘动的云那样。
7. A hybrid code genetic algorithms which efficiently combines float code with gray code is proposed in this paper.
   本文提出了一种结合浮点数编码和格雷码编码的混合编码遗传算法。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Pay attention to your float!
   注意你的浮标！
2. I use a float to mark the location of my crab pots.
   我用浮标标注出蟹篓的位置。
3. The float bobbed up and down on the water.
   漂浮物在水面上浮动。
4. There is not enough water to float the ship.
   没有足够的水使船漂浮起来。
5. We take a step, float and down again.
   我们迈了一步，漂浮又落下。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. She floated down the walk.
   她沿着人行道滑下。
2. When you're tired of swimming, just float for a while.
   你游累了就漂行一会儿。
3. Rafts floated down the river.
   木筏顺流而下。
4. The logs float down the river to the paper factory.
   木头沿河漂流到纸厂。
5. Do we let Renminbi float?
   我们让不让人民币浮动?
6. It was decided to float the pound because a fixed value was damaging exports.
   决定浮动英镑的汇率,因为固定汇率不利于出口贸易。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The boy was floating his boat.
   那男孩让他的小船在水上漂着。
2. There was not enough water to float the ship.
   水太浅,船浮不起来。
3. They are trying to float the sunken ship.
   他们在试图把沉船浮出水面。
4. There is enough water in the harbour to float a fleet.
   海港的水域足够容纳一个舰队。
5. We float them there.
   我们把它们漂送到那里。
6. The current floated the logs to shore.
   水流使木头漂向岸边。
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7. The ship was floated by the tide.
   船被潮水冲走。

经典引文

• A romantic float in a gondola.

  出自： A. Thackeray

• Her timbers yet are sound, And she may float again.

  出自： W. Cowper

• Ice floats readily on water.

  出自： T. H. Huxley

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

float about〔around, round〕 (v.+adv.)

〈非正〉经常换工作 move frequently from job to job

float in (v.+prep.)

在…中漂浮 (cause to) move liquid or air
float in sth
Dust floats in the air.

尘埃在空中浮动。
The feather floated lightly in the air.

羽毛轻盈地飘浮在空中。
A balloon floats in the air as a boat floats on water.

气球浮在空气中,就像船浮在水上一样。
The flag is floating in the wind.

旗帜在风中飘扬。
We watched the clouds floating in the sky.

我们望着白云在天空中飘动。

float into〔through〕 (v.+prep.)

慢慢产生(想法) pass lazily into or through one's mind
float into〔through〕 one's mind
An idea floated through his mind.

一个念头从他头脑中掠过。
Strange thoughts float into〔through〕 my mind when I am nearly asleep.

我快睡着时产生了奇怪的念头。

float on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

在(某团体或体系内)提出 offer sth within a group or system
float on〔upon〕 sth
A piece of wood is floating on the river.

一块木头在河上漂浮着。 float sth on〔upon〕 sth
The idea was first floated on the organization before the war.

这个设想最早是在战前由那个组织提出的。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• float drowsily 平静地漂流
• float gorgeously 称心地漂流
• float gracefully 优美地漂流
• float lazily 懒散地漂流
• float majestically 壮丽地漂流

～+介词

• float about the square 在广场上空飘扬
• float across the sky 飘过天空
• float around town 满城流传
• float down the river 顺流漂下
• float down the stairs 从楼梯上飘然走下来
• float from place to place 到处游荡
• float on water 浮在水上
• float over the city 飘过城市上空

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. float的基本意思是指在空气中、水面上或其他平滑的表面上轻盈地漂浮或不费力地迅速滑动,引申可指汇率、价格浮动,也可指人漫无目的地游来荡去。可用作不及物动词或及物动词,用作及物动词时,可接名词或代词作宾语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

float, drift

• 这两个词都可表示“漂浮”,前者可动也可不动,后者只指“漂动”。试比较:
• The logs float on the river.
• 圆木在河上漂浮着。
• The logs floated down the river.
• 圆木沿河流而下。
• The logs drifted down the river.
• 圆木沿河流而下。

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。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的flot，意为浮，流动。

近反义词

【近义词】

• drift

【反义词】

• sink 下沉