Floating
['fləʊtɪŋ] or ['flotɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) the act of someone who floats on the water.
(adj.) borne up by or suspended in a liquid; 'the ship is still floating'; 'floating logs'; 'floating seaweed' .
(adj.) inclined to move or be moved about; 'a floating crap game' .
(adj.) not definitely committed to a party or policy; 'floating voters' .
(adj.) (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; 'floating ribs are not connected with the sternum'; 'a floating kidney' .
整理:特蕾西--From WordNet
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Float
(a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.
(a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.
(a.) Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt.
(n.) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.
(n.) The second coat of three-coat plastering.
贾尔斯录入
娱乐性解释：
To dream of floating, denotes that you will victoriously overcome obstacles which are seemingly overwhelming you. If the water is muddy your victories will not be gratifying.
哈洛录入
例句:
- Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- These discoveries, added to the long observed fact of coal oil floating on streams in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, led to the search for its natural source. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Floating in deep blue space, it watched her unclouded. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The function of the floating weight is to automatically keep the stylus in close engagement with the record, thus insuring accuracy of reproduction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Artificial floating islands have been formed by placing lake mud on rafts of wicker-work covered with reeds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He sees some object that's in his way of business, floating. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- But it was like a bubble floating in the darkness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The lamp placed against the post by Clym still shone across the water, and the reddleman observed something floating motionless. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Doctor Manette received such patients here as his old reputation, and its revival in the floating whispers of his story, brought him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- On his passage he observed the singular effect produced by the agitation of a vessel containing oil floating on water. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- What seems plainer than that the long toes, not furnished with membrane, of the Grallatores, are formed for walking over swamps and floating plants. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- What Causes Floating Islands? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- You remember the night when I first looked in here, and found you floating your powerful mind in tea? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- They were found floating near the margin by a park-keeper. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- To him all particulars appear to be floating about in a world of sense; they have a taint of error or even of evil. 柏拉图. 理想国.
整理:普雷斯利