drift

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 drĭft

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; Anything driven at random. countable,physical,uncountable
    — Some log perhaps upon the waters swam, a useless drift.
  2. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water. countable,physical,uncountable
    — a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, of plants, etc.
  3. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; The distance through which a current flows in a given time. countable,physical,uncountable
  4. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. countable,physical,uncountable
    — cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drifts doing much damage to the high ways)
  5. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys. countable,physical,uncountable
    — It is there seen that at a distance from the valleys of streams, the old glacial drift usually comes to the surface, and often rises into considerable eminences.
  6. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach. countable,physical,uncountable
  7. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; A driving; a violent movement. countable,obsolete,physical,uncountable
    — The dragon drew him [self] away with drift of his wings.
  8. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. countable,physical,uncountable
    — Our drift was south.
  9. Movement; that which moves or is moved.; That which is driven, forced, or urged along. countable,physical,uncountable
    — The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Drifts of yellow vapour, fiery, parching, stinging, filled the air.
  10. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. countable,uncountable
    — A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose.
  11. A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side. countable,uncountable
  12. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim. countable,uncountable
    — The Gods defenders of the innocent, Will neuer proſper your intended driftes, That thus oppreſſe poore friendles paſſengers.
  13. The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. countable,uncountable
  14. A tool.; A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach. countable,uncountable
  15. A tool.; A tool used to pack down the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. countable,uncountable
  16. A tool.; A tool used to insert or extract a removable pin made of metal or hardwood, for the purpose of aligning and/or securing two pieces of material together. countable,uncountable
  17. A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to obloid projectiles. countable,uncountable
  18. Minor deviation of audio or video playback from its correct speed. uncountable
    — Reference sync servo system — permits minimal time-base error, assuring minimum jitter and drift.
  19. The situation where a performer gradually and unintentionally moves from their proper location within the scene. uncountable
    — There is another form of drift when playing in a scene with other actors.
  20. A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery. countable,uncountable
  21. An adit or tunnel driven forward for purposes of exploration or exploitation; generally eventually to a dead end. countable,uncountable
  22. A sloping winze or road to the surface, for purposes of haulage. countable,uncountable
  23. In a coal mine, a heading driven for exploration or ventilation. countable,uncountable
  24. Of a boring or a driven tunnel: deviation from the intended course. countable,uncountable
  25. A heading driven through a seam of coal. countable,uncountable
  26. Movement.; The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. countable,uncountable
  27. Movement.; The distance a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. countable,uncountable
  28. Movement.; The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. countable,uncountable
  29. Movement.; The distance between the two blocks of a tackle. countable,uncountable
  30. Movement.; The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven. countable,uncountable
  31. A sideways movement of the ball through the air, when bowled by a spin bowler. countable,uncountable
  32. Slow, cumulative change. countable,uncountable
    — genetic drift
  33. In the New Forest National Park, UK, the bi-annual round-up of wild ponies in order to sell them. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To move slowly, especially pushed by currents of water, air, etc. intransitive
    — The boat drifted away from the shore.
  2. To move haphazardly without any destination. intransitive
    — He drifted from town to town, never settling down.
  3. To deviate gently from the intended direction of travel. intransitive
    — This car tends to drift left at high speeds.
  4. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. transitive
    — 1865-1866, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua I was drifted back first to the ante - Nicene history , and then to the Church of Alexandria
  5. To drive into heaps. transitive
    — A current of wind drifts snow or sand
  6. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps. intransitive
    — Snow or sand drifts.
  7. To make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. US
  8. To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift. transitive
  9. To oversteer a vehicle, causing loss of traction, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. See Drifting (motorsport).

词形变化

drifts plural drifts present,singular,third-person drifting participle,present drifted participle,past drifted past

词汇关系

衍生词
afterdrift AI drift catch someone's drift channel drift concept drift continental drift Darwin drift dedrift downdrift downward drift driftage driftal drift anchor drift-anchor driftbolt drift-bolt drift-current drift excursion driftfish drift fishing drift fruit driftful drift ice driftland driftless driftlet driftling drift meter drift mine drift mining drift net drift-net drift of the forest drift park drift phonk driftpin drift sail drift-sail drift seed drift space driftway driftweed driftwind driftwood drifty exodrift foredrift genetic drift get someone's drift get the drift glacial drift instinctive drift longshore drift mid-drift raindrift sea-drift semantic drift shift and drift snow drift snowdrift spindrift spoon-drift spoondrift spraydrift stardrift underdrift updrift wage drift indrift adrift bedrift drift along drift apart drift away drift off overdrift

词源

词源 1
From Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Equivalent to drive + -t; cognate with North Frisian drift (“drift”), Saterland Frisian Drift (“current, flow, stream, drift”), Dutch drift (“drift, passion, urge”), German Drift (“drift”) and Trift (“drove, pasture”), Danish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Swedish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Icelandic drift (“drift, snow-drift”).
词源 2
From Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Equivalent to drive + -t; cognate with North Frisian drift (“drift”), Saterland Frisian Drift (“current, flow, stream, drift”), Dutch drift (“drift, passion, urge”), German Drift (“drift”) and Trift (“drove, pasture”), Danish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Swedish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Icelandic drift (“drift, snow-drift”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary