drift是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to move slowly, especially as a result of outside forces, with no control over direction -- （尤指在外力作用下）飄，漂流，漂移

  • No one noticed that the boat had begun to drift out to sea. 沒有人注意到船已經開始漂向大海了。

  • A mist drifted in from the marshes. 一陣霧氣從沼澤地裡飄過來。

  • After the band stopped playing, people drifted away in twos and threes. 樂隊演奏結束後，人們便三三兩兩地散去了。

  • figurative The talk drifted aimlessly from one subject to another. 談話漫無目的地從一個主題轉向另一個主題。

• 1 the general meaning without the details -- 大意，主旨

  • The general drift of the article was that society doesn't value older people. 文章的大意是社會對長者並不重視。

  • She's married, but she doesn't act as if she is, if you get my drift. 她結婚了，但她表現得不像是結了婚的，你明白我的意思吧。

• 2 a pile of snow or something similar, formed by the wind -- （風吹積而成的）一堆（雪等）

  • The snow lay in deep drifts. 到處是風吹起來的厚厚的雪堆。

  • The downward drift in copper prices looks like it will continue. 銅價下跌的趨勢看來還要持續下去。