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drift AHD[drĭft] D.J.[drɪft]K.K.[drɪft]v.（动词）drift.ed, drift.ing, drifts v.intr.（不及物动词）- To be carried along by currents of air or water:流动：被气流或水流携带：a balloon drifting eastward; as the wreckage drifted toward shore.向东飘的汽球；船骸漂向海岸
- To proceed or move unhurriedly and smoothly:随意移动：从容平稳地前进或移动：drifting among the party guests.在晚会客人中随意走动
- To move leisurely or sporadically from place to place, especially without purpose or regular employment:漂泊：闲适地或不定期地从一个地方到另一个地方，尤指无目的或无固定职业地：a day laborer, drifting from town to town.临时工从一个城镇漂泊到另一个城镇
- To wander from a set course or point of attention; stray.偏离：离开一定的路线或注意点；游离
- To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation.任意改变：改变固定的环境、位置或工作模式或在其附近随意摇摆
- To be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of a current:堆积：由于气流等的力量而被堆积：snow drifting to five feet.吹积成五英尺厚的雪堆
v.tr.（及物动词）- To cause to be carried in a current:漂流：被气流或水流携带：drifting the logs downstream.让木头向下漂游
- To pile up in banks or heaps:堆积成堆：Wind drifted the loose straw against the barn.风把散落的稻草吹得靠谷仓堆积起来
- Western U.S. To drive (livestock) slowly or far afield, especially for grazing.【美国西部】 驱赶：慢慢地或在野地里赶（牲口），尤指为了放牧
n.（名词）- The act or condition of drifting.漂：漂的动作或状态
- Something moving along in a current of air or water.漂流物：随气流或水流移动的东西
- A bank or pile, as of sand or snow, heaped up by currents of air or water.吹积物：被气流或水流聚成的堆，如沙或雪
- Geology Rock debris transported and deposited by or from ice, especially by or from a glacier.【地质学】 冰碛：由或从冰，尤其是冰山，移动和沉积的碎屑
- A general trend or tendency, as of opinion.See Synonyms at tendency 潮流：总的倾向，如指观点 参见 tendency
- General meaning or purport; tenor:大意：大致的意思或要旨；目的：caught the drift of the conversation.把握对话的要旨
- A gradual change in position.位置的逐渐变化
- A gradual deviation from an original course, model, method, or intention.逐渐越轨：从初始的路线、模式、方式或目的的逐渐偏离
- Variation or random oscillation about a fixed setting, position, or mode of behavior.随意摇动：对固定环境、位置或行为模式的改变或任意摇摆
- A gradual change in the output of a circuit or amplifier.逐渐改变：电路或放大器输出功率的逐渐改变
- The rate of flow of a water current.水流的速度
- A tool for ramming or driving something down.用来撞击的工具：将某物冲下或赶下去的工具
- A tapered steel pin for enlarging and aligning holes.打孔器：用来扩大或调整孔洞的尖钢针
- A horizontal or nearly horizontal passageway in a mine running through or parallel to a vein.水平巷道：穿过矿脉或与矿脉平行的矿井中水平或近似水平的巷道
- A secondary mine passageway between two main shafts or tunnels.次要矿山甬道：矿井中连接两条大隧道的小巷道
- A drove or herd, especially of swine.See Synonyms at flock 1群集：畜群，尤指猪群 参见 flock1
- From Middle English [drove, herd, act of driving] * see dhreibh- 源自 中古英语 [群，驱赶的动作] * 参见 dhreibh-
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