drifting

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act by which something drifts. countable,uncountable
    — True, there had been some heavy falls of snow and some of the roads had become blocked, while north of Inverness there was drifting that held up traffic here and there, but things were no worse than are expected in January.
  2. That which drifts. countable,uncountable
    — [W]ith hollow eyes / Many all day in dazzling river stood, / To take the rich-ored driftings of the flood.
  3. A driving technique where the driver intentionally oversteers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels, while maintaining control from entry to exit of a corner. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of drift form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces. not-comparable
    — The drifting seaweed went wherever the currents carried it.
  2. Without direction, focus, or goal. not-comparable
    — [Lionel] Johnson was stern by nature, strong by intellect, and always, I think, deliberately picked his company, but [Ernest] Dowson seemed gentle, affectionate, drifting.

词形变化

driftings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
driftingly driftingness
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