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

Drifting

nnoun.actaimless wandering from place to place

Derivationally Related Form:drift

Hypernyms:roving vagabondage wandering

Inherited Hypernyms:driftingwanderingtravelmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity

vverb.motionbe in motion due to some air or water current

Synset:be adrift blow drift float

Examples:

The leaves were blowing in the wind
the boat drifted on the lake
The sailboat was adrift on the open sea
the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore

Derivationally Related Form:blowdrift

Hypernyms:go locomote move travel

Inherited Hypernyms:floattravel

Direct Hyponyms:streamtidewaft

Full Troponyms:streamtidewaft

Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP

vverb.motionwander from a direct course or at random

Synset:drift err stray

Examples:

The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her
don't drift from the set course

Derivationally Related Form:strayerdriftagedriftdriftingerrant

Hypernyms:go locomote move travel

Inherited Hypernyms:straytravel

Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP

vverb.motionmove about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

Synset:cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander

Examples:

The gypsies roamed the woods
roving vagabonds
the wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
the laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town

Derivationally Related Form:wanderervagabondstrayervagabondageroamerramblerrovingstrayrambledriftertrampdriftingwandering

Hypernyms:go locomote move travel

Inherited Hypernyms:rolltravel

Direct Hyponyms:gadgallivantjazz aroundmaunder

Full Troponyms:gallivantmaunder

vverb.stativevary or move from a fixed point or course

Examples:

stock prices are drifting higher

Hypernyms:vary

Inherited Hypernyms:driftvarydiffer

Sentence Frame:Something ---s

vverb.stativelive unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely

Synset:drift freewheel

Examples:

My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school

Derivationally Related Form:freewheeler

Hypernyms:exist live subsist survive

Inherited Hypernyms:freewheelexist

Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s

vverb.motionmove in an unhurried fashion

Examples:

The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests

Hypernyms:circulate

Inherited Hypernyms:driftcirculatetravel

Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s

vverb.motioncause to be carried by a current

Examples:

drift the boats downstream

Derivationally Related Form:drift

Hypernyms:float

Inherited Hypernyms:driftfloattransportmove

Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something

vverb.contactdrive slowly and far afield for grazing

Examples:

drift the cattle herds westwards

Hypernyms:crop graze pasture

Inherited Hypernyms:driftcropfeedprovidegivetransfer

Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something

vverb.changebe subject to fluctuation

Examples:

The stock market drifted upward

Derivationally Related Form:drift

Hypernyms:change

Inherited Hypernyms:driftchange

Sentence Frame:Something ---s

vverb.changebe piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current

Examples:

snow drifting several feet high
sand drifting like snow

Derivationally Related Form:drift

Hypernyms:accumulate amass conglomerate cumulate gather pile up

Inherited Hypernyms:driftaccumulateincreasechange magnitudechange

Sentence Frame:Something ---s

adj satadj.allcontinually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another

Synset:aimless floating vagabond vagrant

Examples:

a drifting double-dealer
the floating population
vagrant hippies of the sixties

Antonyms:settled

Derivationally Related Form:aimlessnessvagrantvagabondvagrancy

Inherited Hypernyms:aimless

Similar to:unsettled

单词	drifting
释义	Drifting nnoun.actaimless wandering from place to place Derivationally Related Form:drift Hypernyms:roving vagabondage wandering Inherited Hypernyms:driftingwanderingtravelmotionchangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity vverb.motionbe in motion due to some air or water current Synset:be adrift blow drift float Examples: The leaves were blowing in the wind the boat drifted on the lake The sailboat was adrift on the open sea the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore Derivationally Related Form:blowdrift Hypernyms:go locomote move travel Inherited Hypernyms:floattravel Direct Hyponyms:streamtidewaft Full Troponyms:streamtidewaft Sentence Frame:Something ---s \| Something is ---ing PP vverb.motionwander from a direct course or at random Synset:drift err stray Examples: The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her don't drift from the set course Derivationally Related Form:strayerdriftagedriftdriftingerrant Hypernyms:go locomote move travel Inherited Hypernyms:straytravel Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s \| Somebody ---s PP vverb.motionmove about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment Synset:cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander Examples: The gypsies roamed the woods roving vagabonds the wandering Jew The cattle roam across the prairie the laborers drift from one town to the next They rolled from town to town Derivationally Related Form:wanderervagabondstrayervagabondageroamerramblerrovingstrayrambledriftertrampdriftingwandering Hypernyms:go locomote move travel Inherited Hypernyms:rolltravel Direct Hyponyms:gadgallivantjazz aroundmaunder Full Troponyms:gallivantmaunder Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something \| Somebody ---s \| Something is ---ing PP \| Somebody ---s PP \| They --- the countryside (apply to: ramble, wander, rove, roam) \| They --- in the countryside (apply to: ramble, wander, rove, roam) vverb.stativevary or move from a fixed point or course Examples: stock prices are drifting higher Hypernyms:vary Inherited Hypernyms:driftvarydiffer Sentence Frame:Something ---s vverb.stativelive unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely Synset:drift freewheel Examples: My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school Derivationally Related Form:freewheeler Hypernyms:exist live subsist survive Inherited Hypernyms:freewheelexist Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s vverb.motionmove in an unhurried fashion Examples: The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests Hypernyms:circulate Inherited Hypernyms:driftcirculatetravel Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s vverb.motioncause to be carried by a current Examples: drift the boats downstream Derivationally Related Form:drift Hypernyms:float Inherited Hypernyms:driftfloattransportmove Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something vverb.contactdrive slowly and far afield for grazing Examples: drift the cattle herds westwards Hypernyms:crop graze pasture Inherited Hypernyms:driftcropfeedprovidegivetransfer Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something vverb.changebe subject to fluctuation Examples: The stock market drifted upward Derivationally Related Form:drift Hypernyms:change Inherited Hypernyms:driftchange Sentence Frame:Something ---s vverb.changebe piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current Examples: snow drifting several feet high sand drifting like snow Derivationally Related Form:drift Hypernyms:accumulate amass conglomerate cumulate gather pile up Inherited Hypernyms:driftaccumulateincreasechange magnitudechange Sentence Frame:Something ---s adj satadj.allcontinually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another Synset:aimless floating vagabond vagrant Examples: a drifting double-dealer the floating population vagrant hippies of the sixties Antonyms:settled Derivationally Related Form:aimlessnessvagrantvagabondvagrancy Inherited Hypernyms:aimless Similar to:unsettled
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