float现在分词

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

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

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

1.(使)漂浮;(使)浮动
If something or someoneis floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can alsofloat something on a liquid.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...barges floating quietly by the grassy river banks...
青草萋萋的河岸边静静漂浮着的驳船

2.漂;浮
Something thatfloats lies on or just below the surface of a liquid when it is put in it and does not sink.

e.g. Empty thingsfloat.
空的物体会在水中浮起。

3.浮体;浮板;救生圈
Afloat is a light object that is used to help someone or something float.

4.(钓鱼用的)鱼漂浮子
Afloat is a small object attached to a fishing line which floats on the water and moves when a fish has been caught.

5.(在空中)飘荡，飘浮
Something thatfloats in or through the air hangs in it or moves slowly and gently through it.

e.g. The white cloud of smoke floated away.
白色的烟雾飘远了。
e.g. ...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

6.(声音或气味)飘到，传到
If a sound or smellfloats to a place quite far away, it can be heard or smelled there.

e.g. 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。
e.g. The smells of delicious foods floated all around him.
美食的香味弥漫在他的四周。

7.优雅地走动;轻盈地走动
If youfloat somewhere, you walk there very lightly and gracefully.

float的反义词

e.g. 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。

8.提出(计划、方案或想法)
If youfloat a project, plan, or idea, you suggest it for others to think about.

e.g. 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。

9.使(公司)发行股票;使上市
If a company directorfloats their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public.

e.g. He floated his firm on the stock market...
他让自己的公司上市了。
e.g. The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether tofloat 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。

10.(使)(货币)自由浮动
If a governmentfloats its country's currency or allows it tofloat, it allows the currency's value to change freely in relation to other currencies.

e.g. A decision by the Finns tofloat 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。
e.g. 59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed tofloat freely.
59%的人认为应该允许英镑自由浮动。

11.(节日时的)彩车，花车
Afloat is a truck on which displays and people in special costumes are carried in a festival procession.

12.(商店的)备用零钱
Afloat is a small amount of coins and notes of low value that someone has before they start selling things so that they are able to give customers change if necessary.

float的反义词

13.传开;流传
A rumour or idea thatis floating around is often heard or talked about.

e.g. 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。

相关词组：float around

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。

• 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

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。