adrift

[ə'drift]

adv.漂流地,漫无目的地
adj.漂泊的, 漫无目的的, 松开的

例句与用法:

The top of your pen is going adrift and will soon fall.

你的笔帽松了,很快就要掉了。

She untied the rope and set the boat adrift.

她把绳索解开,放开小船。

详细释义:

a.[F]

1. 漂浮着的, 漂流着的

The ship was adrift on the high seas.

那艘船在公海上飘流。

2. 漫无目的的

ad.

1. 漂浮着, 漂流着

2. 漫无目的地

The storm set the boat adrift.

风暴使那条船漫无目标地飘流。


短语词组:

be all adrift

1. 漂流

The boat was all adrift two days and nights.

这条船漂流了两天两夜。

2. 不知所措

For all my effort to enlighten her, she is still all adrift.

尽管我设法使她开窍, 她却仍然莫名其妙。