drift n. 1.漂亮;(潮流的)推進(jìn)力。 2.漂流物;吹積物;堆積物;【地質(zhì)學(xué);地理學(xué)】冰磧,漂礫。 3.傾向,趨勢(shì);動(dòng)向。 4.大意,要點(diǎn),要旨。 5.(政策等的)坐觀,放任自流。 6.流速;(船等的)流程,漂流距離;(滑車的)伸展距離。 7.(儀表的)漂移;偏移;【海,空】偏航,偏流;(飛彈的)航差;【無線電】偏移;偏差。 8.【礦物】水平巷道;小平道。 9.〔南非〕淺灘,灘。 10.【機(jī)械工程】沖頭,沖孔器;打樁器。 11.〔方言〕(鳥等)群。 against the drift of a current 頂著潮流的壓力。 be in a state of drift 心不自主,放任自流。 D- is as bad as unthrift. 放任自流和浪費(fèi)一樣壞。 a policy of drift 放任主義[政策]。 a drift of snow [leaves] 吹積成的雪[樹葉]堆。 the amount of drift (船的)漂流距離。 a drift toward nationalism 民族主義的傾向。 the drift of an argument 爭(zhēng)論的要點(diǎn)。 catch the drift of a talk 抓住談話的要點(diǎn)。 a drift of ice 流冰。 a drift of sheep 羊群。 the drift of Nature 造化的威力。 electronic drift 電子(儀器)的漂移。 vt. 1.使漂流;使漂積[沖積];把…吹積;(吹積物等)覆蓋。 2.【機(jī)械工程】(用沖頭)沖孔。 The current drift-ed the boat to sea. 水流把船沖到海里去了。 a trail drift-ed with leaves 滿是落葉的小道。 The wind drifted the snow. 風(fēng)把雪吹成小堆。 vi. 1.漂,漂流;漂移;游蕩。 2.被吹積成堆。 3.心不由主地走;不知不覺地陷入 (into) 漸漸趨向 (toward)。 perfume drifting into the room 飄進(jìn)屋里的香氣。 drift toward ruin 逐漸走向毀滅[破產(chǎn)]。 He drifted from town to town. 他在各個(gè)城市流浪。 drifting sand 吹積成的沙堆。 drift apart from sb. 逐漸疏遠(yuǎn)某人。 drift off to sleep 慢慢地睡著了。 drift down the river 順流而下。 drift (along) (through life) 隨波逐流地過一輩子。 drift into (errors) 不自覺地犯了錯(cuò)誤。 let things drift 聽天由命。
So then after that they drifted on to the wreck of daunt s rock , wreck of that illfated norwegian barque - nobody could think of her name for the moment till the jarvey who had really quite a look of henry campbell remembered it , palme , on booterstown strand , that was the talk of the town that year albert william quill wrote a fine piece of original verse of distinctive merit on the topic for the irish times breakers running over her and crowds and crowds on the shore in commotion petrified with horror 那個(gè)長(zhǎng)得確實(shí)像亨利坎貝爾的水手終于想起來了,船名“凡爾默”號(hào),是在布特爾斯湯岸灘觸的礁,成了當(dāng)年全城人的話題-艾伯特威廉奎爾還以此為題替愛爾蘭時(shí)報(bào)寫了一首富于獨(dú)創(chuàng)性的極出色的佳作。碎浪花沖刷著船身,成群的人們聚在海岸上,一片混亂,一個(gè)個(gè)嚇得呆立在那里。