drift
书籍：英汉辞典
更新时间：2018-09-12 05:04:05
出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第383页（670字）
【释义】：
n．①漂流，漂荡．②漂流物，吹积物：a drift of snow吹积成的雪堆．③动向，趋向：the drift of the tide潮流的方向．The split infinitive is a new drift in contem porary English．分裂不定式是现代英语的新趋势．④大意，要旨：Did you catch the drift of his speech?你抓住了他话中的要领吗?⑤观望状态：a policy of drift 观望政策．His mind is in a state of drift．他二心不定．⑥偏流，偏差，航差．⑦偏移，漂移．
－vi．①漂流，漂泊：The boat drifted down the river．小船顺流而下．drift along随波逐流．②飘荡，吹积：The snow drifted in heaps雪吹积成堆．The dollar empire is drifting towards bankruptcy．金元帝国风雨飘摇，面临崩溃．③(无线电频率)偏移．
－vt．①使漂流：The tide drifted the boat out to sea．潮水把小船卷到海里去了．②使吹积：The wind drifted the snow in front of the door．风把雪吹积在门前．