float
英 [fləʊt] 美 [floʊt]

vt.& vi.

（使）浮动；（使）漂浮；自由浮动；

vi.

游荡；

vt.

提出，提请考虑；（股票）上市；

n.

彩车；漂浮物；浮板；浮有冰淇淋的饮料

变形

复数：floats过去式：floated过去分词：floated现在分词：floating第三人称单数：floats

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)漂浮 (cause to) stay at the top of liquid or be held up in air without sinking
2. vi. 浮动 vary freely in value against other countries' money from day to day

英英释义

float[ fləut ]

• n.
  • the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
  • the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
  • a drink with ice cream floating in it

    同义词：ice-cream sodaice-cream float

  • an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade
  • a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

    同义词：plasterer's float

  • something that remains on the surface of a liquid
• v.
  • be in motion due to some air or water current

    同义词：driftbe adriftblow

  • be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink

    同义词：swim

  • set afloat

    "He floated the logs down the river"; "The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"

  • circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

    "The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"

  • move lightly, as if suspended

    "The dancer floated across the stage"

  • put into the water

    "float a ship"

  • make the surface of level or smooth

    "float the plaster"

  • allow (currencies) to fluctuate

    "The government floated the ruble for a few months"

  • convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

    "float data"

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+副词

• float drowsily平静地漂流
• float gorgeously称心地漂流
• float gracefully优美地漂流
• float lazily懒散地漂流
• float majestically壮丽地漂流

～+介词

• float about the square在广场上空飘扬
• float across the sky飘过天空
• float around town满城流传
• float down the river顺流漂下
• float down the stairs从楼梯上飘然走下来
• float from place to place到处游荡
• float on water浮在水上
• float over the city飘过城市上空

词组短语

float glass[化]浮法玻璃

float on浮在…上

float valve浮阀

ball float浮球；球状浮子

free float自由浮动；自由浮动时间；公众持股量

air float气垫，气托

float switch浮动开关

wood float木抹子；木浮子

float grass n. 水草

total float总浮动；全多余

float chamber浮箱，浮标；浮子室

float level浮筒油面高度；浮筒水准线

float about v. 漂浮着；在传播中

float off浮起；漂浮

更多收起词组短语

同近义词辨析

drift, float

这组词都有“漂流，漂浮”的意思，其区别是：

drift多指随风或顺水飘荡，表示动态。

float可与drift换用，但侧重指因有液体或气体所支持而不下沉，可表动态或静态。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. There is not enough water to float the ship.
   没有足够的水使船漂浮起来。
2. These plants float on the surface of the water.
   这些植物漂浮在水面上。
3. They float the canoe out into the middle of the river.
   他们将独木舟漂浮到河中央。
4. Survival bobbing lets you float for a long time on your stomach.
   救生浮游就是让你长时间地仰卧着漂浮在水上。
5. Idle thoughts floated through his mind.
   莫名其妙地想法浮现在他心头。
6. Like drifting clouds, hilltops mirrored in a mirage appear to float behind a Land Rover.
   在一辆路虎后山顶映在海市蜃楼中漂浮，像飘动的云那样。
7. A hybrid code genetic algorithms which efficiently combines float code with gray code is proposed in this paper.
   本文提出了一种结合浮点数编码和格雷码编码的混合编码遗传算法。

用作名词(n.)

1. Pay attention to your float!
   注意你的浮标！
2. I use a float to mark the location of my crab pots.
   我用浮标标注出蟹篓的位置。
3. The float bobbed up and down on the water.
   漂浮物在水面上浮动。
4. There is not enough water to float the ship.
   没有足够的水使船漂浮起来。
5. We take a step, float and down again.
   我们迈了一步，漂浮又落下。

权威例句

Asset Float and Speculative Bubbles
To Float or to Fix: Evidence on the Impact of Exchange Rate Regimes on Growth
Location of bank accounts to optimize float
The night float paradigm to decrease sleep deprivation: good solution or a new problem?
Ideas do not Float Freely: Transnational Coalitions, Domestic Structures, and the End of the Cold War
Real Exchange Rate Behavior: The Recent Float from the Perspective of the Past Two Centuries
Location of Bank Accounts to Optimize Float: An Analytic Study of Exact and Approximate Algorithms
Searching for stationarity: Purchasing power parity under the current float
Securities brokerage-cash management system obviating float costs by anticipatory liquidation of short term assets
Database computer architecture for managing an incentive award program and checking float of funds at time of purchase