Afloat
[ə'fləʊt] or [ə'flot]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) borne on the water; floating .
(adj.) covered with water; 'the main deck was afloat (or awash)'; 'the monsoon left the whole place awash'; 'a flooded bathroom'; 'inundated farmlands'; 'an overflowing tub' .
巴兹尔錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv. & a.) Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.
(adv. & a.) Moving; passing from place to place; in general circulation; as, a rumor is afloat.
(adv. & a.) Unfixed; moving without guide or control; adrift; as, our affairs are all afloat.
厄玛編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Adrift, abroad, at_sea, abroach, loose, distracted, dazed
ANT:Ashore, snug, tight, close, fast, collected, concentrated
錄入:内德
解釋/意思:
adv. or adj. floating: at sea: unfixed: in circulation.
校對:朱莉娅
例句/造句/用法:
- The Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, owned by the North German Lloyd Company, and built in 1897, is shown in Fig. 114, and for three years held the record as the fastest steamship afloat. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- They're never so well off as when they're afloat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Again, plac e the magnet in a wooden vessel, and then set the vessel afloat in a tub or cistern of still water. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Yet scarcely a single accent among the many afloat tonight could have such power to impress a listener with thoughts of its origin. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- They're the best schemes afloat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- He said that he could build a submarine that could swim under the water and destroy any war vessel afloat. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I was tossed into the sea near the shore, and, buoyed up by my life-belt, I managed to keep myself afloat till the waves landed me on the beach. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- And sure enough, afloat on the placid sea a league away, lay a great city, with its towers and domes and steeples drowsing in a golden mist of sunset. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- There were all sorts of rumours afloat about Beaufort. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- When all six were afloat, the islanders took the oars and commenced to pull outward, so as to skirt the breakwater. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Note has already been made of the first Edison plants afloat on the Jeannette and Columbia, and the first commercial plant in the New York lithographic establishment. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- If ever there was a perfect beauty afloat, she is one; and there she lays at Spithead, and anybody in England would take her for an eight-and-twenty. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Thus, after four years of assiduous labor, fatigue, and difficulty, are we again set afloat by a new and most unexpected obstacle. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Being the professor's sole companion in his botanical excursions, I almost forgot that I had ever been afloat, and became quite learned. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Unfortunately he could not run, owing to his wound, so he had to abandon the pursuit, and the foremost fugitives managed to get afloat. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- There is some mystery afloat; some event is expected; some preparation is to be made, I am certain. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It was evident that very grave and eventful proceedings were on foot; but various surmises were afloat, respecting their precise character. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
校對:朱莉娅