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drift

英[drɪft] 美[drɪft]
  • n. 漂流,漂移;趋势;漂流物
  • vi. 漂流,漂移;漂泊
  • vt. 使…漂流;使…受风吹积

英英释意


1. a force that moves something along
2. the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane)
3. a process of linguistic change over a period of time
4. something that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
5. a general tendency to change (as of opinion);
"not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"
"a broad movement of the electorate to the right"
6. general meaning or tenor;
"caught the drift of the conversation"
7. a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine;
"they dug a drift parallel with the vein"