单词	floater
释义	floatfloat1 /floʊt/ ●●● S3 W2 verb Etymology ETYMOLOGYfloat1 Origin: Old English flotian Verb Table VERB TABLE float Simple Form Present I, you, we, they float he, she, it floats Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they floated Present perfect I, you, we, they have floated he, she, it has floated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had floated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will float Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have floated Continuous Form Present I am floating he, she, it is floating you, we, they are floating Past I, he, she, it was floating you, we, they were floating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been floating he, she, it has been floating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been floating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be floating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been floating Collocations COLLOCATIONS► float in the sky/air  I looked up at the clouds floating in the sky. 1ON WATER [intransitive] a)to stay or move on the surface of a liquid without sinking:  I wasn’t sure if the raft would float.float on/in Tim was floating on his back in the pool.float along/down/past etc. A dead branch floated past the dock. b)[transitive] to put something on the surface of a liquid so that it does not sink:  Children were floating small boats made of banana leaves.2IN THE AIR [intransitive always + adv./prep.] if something floats, especially something very light or filled with air, it moves slowly in the air or stays up in the air: float up/down/through etc. He watched sadly as his balloon floated away.float in the sky/air I looked up at the clouds floating in the sky.3SOUNDS/SMELLS [intransitive always + adv./prep.] if sounds, smells, etc. float somewhere, people in another place can hear or smell them: float up/down/toward/into etc. His voice floated up to her.4MOVE GRACEFULLY [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to move gracefully and lightly:  Laura floated down the stairs toward him.5IDEAS [transitive] to suggest an idea or plan, especially in order to find out what people think about it:  We first floated the idea back in 1998.6COMPANY [transitive] social studies, economics to sell stock in a company or business to the public for the first time7MONEY [intransitive, transitive] social studies, economics if a country floats its money or its money floats, the value of the money is allowed to change freely in relation to money from other countries:  The government decided to allow the peso to float freely.8NO DEFINITE PURPOSE [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to keep changing what you are doing without having any particular ideas or plans:  Speck was a drifter who had floated in and out of trouble for most of his life.9float somebody a loan informal to allow someone to borrow money from you10float a check to write a check that you do not have enough money in the bank to pay[Origin: Old English flotian]—floater noun [countable] → see also whatever floats your boat at whatever1 (8)float around phrasal verb float around something to be present in a place:  There are a lot of rumors floating around.
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