| 单词 | on or upon the drift |
| 释义 | > as lemmason or upon the drift a. The fact or condition of being driven, as by a current; the action of drifting; a slow course or current. Also figurative. on or upon the drift = adrift adv. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > [noun] drift1555 drifting1820 driftage1862 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > current > [noun] > fact or condition of being carried by drift1555 drifting1820 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. C.i Beware dryft to the worst shore. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 100 We considered where we might haue the cleerest drift..and let her driue. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 305 Anchors give way, and so [ships] are most dreadfully put upon the drift. 1721 J. Perry Acct. Stopping Daggenham Breach 75 A considerable Frost and drift of Ice..that Winter. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) §107 The effect of moderate winds..is to cause what may be called the drift of the sea rather than a current. Drift is confined to surface waters. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 Feb. 11/1 There is a steady low-class labour drift into London. < as lemmas |
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