drift n. 1.漂亮;(潮流的)推进力。 2.漂流物;吹积物;堆积物;【地质学;地理学】冰碛,漂砾。 3.倾向,趋势;动向。 4.大意,要点,要旨。 5.(政策等的)坐观,放任自流。 6.流速;(船等的)流程,漂流距离;(滑车的)伸展距离。 7.(仪表的)漂移;偏移;【海,空】偏航,偏流;(飞弹的)航差;【无线电】偏移;偏差。 8.【矿物】水平巷道;小平道。 9.〔南非〕浅滩,滩。 10.【机械工程】冲头,冲孔器;打桩器。 11.〔方言〕(鸟等)群。 against the drift of a current 顶着潮流的压力。 be in a state of drift 心不自主,放任自流。 D- is as bad as unthrift. 放任自流和浪费一样坏。 a policy of drift 放任主义[政策]。 a drift of snow [leaves] 吹积成的雪[树叶]堆。 the amount of drift (船的)漂流距离。 a drift toward nationalism 民族主义的倾向。 the drift of an argument 争论的要点。 catch the drift of a talk 抓住谈话的要点。 a drift of ice 流冰。 a drift of sheep 羊群。 the drift of Nature 造化的威力。 electronic drift 电子(仪器)的漂移。 vt. 1.使漂流;使漂积[冲积];把…吹积;(吹积物等)覆盖。 2.【机械工程】(用冲头)冲孔。 The current drift-ed the boat to sea. 水流把船冲到海里去了。 a trail drift-ed with leaves 满是落叶的小道。 The wind drifted the snow. 风把雪吹成小堆。 vi. 1.漂,漂流;漂移;游荡。 2.被吹积成堆。 3.心不由主地走;不知不觉地陷入 (into) 渐渐趋向 (toward)。 perfume drifting into the room 飘进屋里的香气。 drift toward ruin 逐渐走向毁灭[破产]。 He drifted from town to town. 他在各个城市流浪。 drifting sand 吹积成的沙堆。 drift apart from sb. 逐渐疏远某人。 drift off to sleep 慢慢地睡着了。 drift down the river 顺流而下。 drift (along) (through life) 随波逐流地过一辈子。 drift into (errors) 不自觉地犯了错误。 let things drift 听天由命。
So then after that they drifted on to the wreck of daunt s rock , wreck of that illfated norwegian barque - nobody could think of her name for the moment till the jarvey who had really quite a look of henry campbell remembered it , palme , on booterstown strand , that was the talk of the town that year albert william quill wrote a fine piece of original verse of distinctive merit on the topic for the irish times breakers running over her and crowds and crowds on the shore in commotion petrified with horror 那个长得确实像亨利坎贝尔的水手终于想起来了,船名“凡尔默”号,是在布特尔斯汤岸滩触的礁,成了当年全城人的话题-艾伯特威廉奎尔还以此为题替爱尔兰时报写了一首富于独创性的极出色的佳作。碎浪花冲刷着船身,成群的人们聚在海岸上,一片混乱,一个个吓得呆立在那里。