英语词汇“raft”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	raft
释义	Trends of raft View usage for: raft (rɑːft, ræft) Word forms: plural rafts 1. countable noun A raft is a floating platform made from large pieces of wood or other materials tied together. ...a river trip on bamboo rafts through dense rainforest. 2. countable noun A raft is a small rubber or plastic boat that you blow air into to make it float. The crew spent two days and nights in their raft. 3. See also life raft 4. countable noun [usually singular] A raft of people or things is a lot of them. He has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical. [+ of] This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries. raft in British English 1 (rɑːft) noun 1. a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc, used as a vessel or moored platform 2. a thick slab of reinforced concrete laid over soft ground to provide a foundation for a building verb 3. to convey on or travel by raft, or make a raft from Derived forms rafting (ˈrafting) noun Word origin C15: from Old Norse raptr rafter raft in British English 2 (rɑːft) noun informal a large collection or amount a raft of old notebooks discovered in a cupboard Word origin C19: from raff raft in American English 1 (ræft; rɑft) noun 1. a flat, buoyant structure of logs, boards, barrels, etc. fastened together; specif., one used like a boat as in an emergency or in shallow water 2. a similar structure anchored in a river or lake and used by divers, swimmers, etc. 3. a flat-bottomed, inflatable device, as of rubber, for floating on water verb transitive 4. to transport on a raft 5. to make into a raft verb intransitive 6. to travel, work, etc. on a raft Word origin ME rafte, beam, rafter < ON raptr, log: see rafter1 raft in American English 2 (ræft; rɑft) noun Informal a large number, collection, or quantity; lot Word origin < , sense raff (sense 2) (with unhistoric -t) Image of raft © JM-Design, shutterstock Examples of 'raft' in a sentence raft Make your own raft to sail downstream. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Sixteen passengers and two crew members escaped the wreck and huddled on two life rafts tied together. The Sun (2009) Or delve deeper into the canyon on a rafting trip. Times, Sunday Times (2012) With such a raft of technical changes there was always going to be conflict. Times, Sunday Times (2009) They sit alongside a raft of other measures designed to help improve the local environment for residents. Times, Sunday Times (2007) We finished by floating gently on a bamboo raft down river. The Sun (2010) Others who could not swim managed to reach the floating rafts. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Rescuers using boats and rafts were working to find the missing yesterday. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He lashed together two life rafts from the wreckage and helped them aboard. Times, Sunday Times (2013) M&S recently announced a raft of measures to help it go green. The Sun (2007) It varies from writer to writer and it involves a whole raft of elements. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Activities include abseiling, archery and raft building. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Two to five-day raft trips also available. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Go river rafting through the French mountains or quad bike through the jungle. The Sun (2009) Perhaps on bamboo rafts, which are as easy to make as bark boats but float for a good deal longer. Wills, Christopher The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness (1993) Altogether I should think there were about ten or a dozen boats or rafts afloat. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He resurfaced, gasping for air, before striking out for the larger raft. Times, Sunday Times (2014) This strait could easily have been crossed, by accident or design, by peoples on bamboo rafts. Wills, Christopher The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness (1993) The third and final raft, the largest of the three, was floating under me at the stern. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The Manchester-based firm has a training centre in Snowdonia where employees get to know each other over pursuits such as archery and raft building. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Anyway, the story here revolves around the deaths of two men, whose bodies are found in a life raft floating off the coast. Times, Sunday Times (2015) I counted a dozen or so nests: huge, untidy rafts of stick floating in the high branches. Times, Sunday Times (2008) In other languages raft British English: raft /rɑːft/ NOUN A raft is a floating platform made from large pieces of wood tied together. ...a river trip on bamboo rafts. American English: raft Arabic: طَوْف Brazilian Portuguese: jangada Chinese: 筏 Croatian: splav Czech: vor Danish: flåde Dutch: vlot European Spanish: balsa Finnish: lautta puinen French: radeau German: Floß Greek: σχεδία Italian: zattera Japanese: いかだ Korean: 뗏목 Norwegian: flåte Polish: tratwa European Portuguese: jangada Romanian: plută Russian: плот Latin American Spanish: balsa Swedish: flotte Thai: แพ Turkish: sal Ukrainian: пліт Vietnamese: bè Chinese translation of 'raft' raft (rɑːft) n (c) (also life raft) 皮艇 (pítǐng) (艘, sōu) (improvised) 筏 (fá) a raft of 大量 (dàliàng)
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