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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3522 COCA: 3599

drift

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Related topics: Water, Nature
drift1 /drɪft/ ●●○ verb [intransitiveI]
1  TTWTTAmove slowly 緩慢移動 to move slowly on water or in the air 漂流；飄移
drift out/towards etc
The rubber raft drifted out to sea.
橡皮筏子漂向大海。
Smoke drifted up from the jungle ahead of us.
我們前方的叢林裏有煙升起。
2  without plan 無計劃的TRAVEL to move, change, or do something without any plan or purpose 随意移動，漂泊；搖擺不定；漫無目的地行動
drift around/along etc
Jenni spent the year drifting around Europe.
珍妮這一年來一直在歐洲各地漂泊。
drift into
I just drifted into teaching, really.
我只是碰巧入了教書這一行，不騙你。
drift away
The others drifted away. Melanie stayed.
其他人都散去了，唯有梅拉妮留了下來。
drift from something to something
The conversation drifted from one topic to another.
話題從一個跳到另一個。
let your gaze/eyes/thoughts/mind etc drift
Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk.
她的目光百無聊賴地在他的書桌上遊移。
3  CHANGE/MAKE something DIFFERENTchange 改變 to gradually change from being in one condition, situation etc into another without realizing it 不知不覺地轉變，無意間變成〔另一種狀況〕
drift into
She was just drifting into sleep when the alarm went off.
她迷迷糊糊剛睡着，突然響起了警報。
He drifted in and out of consciousness.
他的神志時而清醒，時而迷糊。
4  money/prices 錢/價格 if values, prices, shares etc drift, they gradually change 〔價值、價格、股價等〕浮動，慢慢變化
The dollar drifted lower against the yen today.
今天，美元對日元的匯率下滑了。
5. DNsnow/sand 雪/沙 if snow, sand etc drifts, the wind blows it into large piles 吹積
6  let something drift CONTINUE/NOT STOPto allow something, especially something bad, to continue in the same way 聽任某事發展下去，對某事聽之任之〔尤指壞事〕
He couldn’t let the matter drift for much longer.
他不能長期放任這件事情不管。
7 drift apart phrasal verbphr v RELATIONSHIPif people drift apart, their relationship gradually ends 〔關系〕逐漸疏遠
Over the years my college friends and I have drifted apart.
久而久之，我和大學時期的朋友們逐漸疏遠了。
Examples from the Corpus
drift apart• Over the years my schoolfriends and I have drifted apart.• Teddy and Maria never really argued -- they just drifted apart.• We grew up, went off to different places, drifted apart.• Jabbing with the point he kept off Alexei's attack until the reaction of their mid-air collision made them drift apart again.• The movements did not so much drift apart as come to represent opposed interests.• Amelia was still engaged to Sam Chapman, but in fact she had been drifting apart from him for some time.• The drift apart had been gradual.• Where languages grow most unlike one another as they drift apart is in the shapes of their words.• If there is any twosome in a family likely to drift apart, it is a pair of brothers.• Later in life, Lewis and his father drifted apart, never to be reconciled.
8 drift off phrasal verbphr v SLEEPto gradually fall asleep 慢慢入睡
I was just drifting off when the phone rang.
我迷迷糊糊地剛要入睡，電話鈴響了。
He felt himself drifting off to sleep.
他感覺自己迷迷糊糊地睡着了。
Examples from the Corpus
drift off• He must have drifted off again, for when he awoke, the train had come to a halt.• That night as he drifted off to sleep, Quincy tried to imagine what the day would have been like if Marta had been there.• She was just starting to drift off, when she heard a scream downstairs.
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drift• Gradually they started drifting away to the main building to eat and sleep.• I walked at his side as if I were drunk, bumping into him, drifting crazily off.• They presently look like a team that could drift farther into oblivion each week.• All night Julie drifted in and out of consciousness.• We will pay special attention to the underlying social problems in high-crime areas, particularly to prevent young people drifting into crime.• It felt as though she'd drifted into some dreamlike watery paradise.• The smoke drifted lazily away to the westward, revealing to us the gray lines steadily advancing..• Ideas drifted quietly like falling petals into his mind.• A fine trail of dust dislodged from the door frame and drifted slowly to the ground.• Vargas Llosa's politics gradually drifted to the right.
drift out/towards etc• Or sometimes, did not drift out?• She stepped aside into the doorway of the next room while Luch drifted out and down the stair.• Even the most saintly of people would drift towards complacency and arrogance after such a long period.• It would also be in line with the gradual drift towards fuel tax harmonisation across the Community.• Eventually we drift out into the leafy park behind the museum.• Louis music drifts out of clubs large and small throughout the city.• Twenty-four hours until kick-off and the hyperbole was drifting out of control.• Primo had drifted out of the conversation.
let your gaze/eyes/thoughts/mind etc drift• Idly, he let his gaze drift across the horizon.• Frowning, she let her mind drift back to the events of two years ago.• Idly she let her eyes drift over his desk, over the orderly piles of papers and files arranged there.• Vass regarded her flushed face, then let his eyes drift slowly down the length of her slender, dressing-gown-clad figure.• He let his eyes drift up.
drifting into sleep• He had lain in bed night after night drifting into sleep on a tide of euphoria.
Related topics: Nature, Water
drift2 ●○○ noun
1  SNOWsnow/sand 雪/沙 [countableC]DN a large pile of snow or sand that has been blown by the wind 〔風吹積成的〕雪堆，沙堆
drift of
The road is blocked with massive drifts of snow.
大堆大堆的積雪把路堵死了。
a snow drift
雪堆
2  CHANGEchange 變化 [singular] a slow change or development from one situation, opinion etc to another 〔情形、意見等的〕漸變，趨勢
drift towards/to
a drift towards longer working hours
工作時間不知不覺的變長
3  movement of people 人口流動TRAVEL [singular, uncountableU] a slow movement of large numbers of people that has not been planned 〔大量人口緩慢、無計劃的〕流動
drift from/to/into
the drift from the countryside to the cities
大量人口從鄉村往城市的流動
4  the drift (of something) MEANINGthe general meaning of what someone is saying （言論的）大意，要點
So what’s the drift of the argument?
那麽這一論點的大意是什麽？
follow/get/catch somebody’s drift (=understand the general meaning of what someone is saying) 明白某人的意思
She didn’t quite get my drift, did she?
她沒有弄懂我的意思，是嗎？
Examples from the Corpus
the drift (of something)• Above all the drift to a self-seeking, self-satisfying, self-fulfilling approach to relationships is where the rot is really setting in.• Right from Huntington Beach, if you catch the drift.• Having the drift right is the essence of missing the point altogether.• In another hour, the drifts would be too deep to walk through.• For short periods the dominant direction of the drift may be reversed by abnormal wind conditions.• He was breathing, but his leg was a mess, must have been hit on the drift down.• The seminar also called on governments to support small farmers, in order to help reduce the drift to the cities.• He turned and ran, along the ride, up the drift, not looking back.
5. SHIPships/planes 船/飛機 [uncountableU]TTW the movement of a ship or plane from its original direction because of the movement of the wind or water 〔風或水流引起的〕偏航
6. slow movement 緩慢的移動 [uncountableU] very slow movement, especially over water or through the air 漂流，漂移；飄遊
Examples from the Corpus
drift• The party has experienced a drift toward the right in the last two years.• The endless drift from the past to the future.• It was a complicated argument but I think I caught his drift.• High winds were becoming a problem, blowing snow into drifts 3 to 5 feet high in places.• All the roads to Denver were blocked by snow drifts.• His presidential hopes thus suffered a fatal blow in the snow drifts of New Hampshire.• Make sure that you correct the drift before touch down and then be prepared to prevent the swing into wind.• He was breathing, but his leg was a mess, must have been hit on the drift down.• The drifts were granulated and shrinking under my eyes.• The drift of his letter is that he wants to come back.• I follow your drift, but I just don't believe it.
drift towards/to• He nodded slowly and she felt his gaze drift to the gold band on her wedding finger.• Then his usual calm came back, and he drifted to the door of the barn, hands in pockets.• He drifts to the sideboard and looks for something else.• But we are now drifting to the next stages of the methodology.• The smoke drifted to and fro among us.• Above all the drift to a self-seeking, self-satisfying, self-fulfilling approach to relationships is where the rot is really setting in.• But not the drift to the mainland for work for the young men.
drift from/to/into• Looking carefully all about me, I drift into the carpark.• Adam blew the feather into the air and let it drift to the floor.• Morton drifted into the grand salon, which was teeming with people.• A piece of straw drifted to the ground.• The seminar also called on governments to support small farmers, in order to help reduce the drift to the cities.• Earth had begun to drift from the cross-wires; the radio antenna was no longer pointing toward its target.• We seemed to drift into tranquility once we reached the long plateau stretch on the high road to Taos.
From Longman Business Dictionary
driftdrift1 /drɪft/ verb [intransitiveI]
to go slowly up or down in value, without any particular direction
London shares drifted in the absence of a statement from the Treasury.
The dollar drifted lower against other major currencies in thin trading.
The pound drifted down again yesterday.
The Nasdaq Composite Index drifted higher throughout the session to close with a gain of 1.27%.
driftdrift2 noun [countableC]
a slow change or development from one situtation, opinion etc to another
drift to/towards
The drift towards recession started when the slump in the service sector became as bad as the slump in manufacturing.
Origin drift2
(1300-1400) Probably from Old Norse drift “pile of wind-blown snow”; related to drive
drift1 verbdrift2 noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3522 COCA: 3599
drift

verb¹

 1be carried along by the wind/water飄移；漂流ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤➤slowly慢慢漂流➤helplessly無助地漂流◇Cold and hungry, they drifted helplessly closer to the Arctic.他們又冷又餓，無助地漂向北極。➤➤downstream順水漂流◇The boat drifted slowly downstream.小船慢慢地順流而下。➤along, back, down, out, up, etc.隨波逐流；向回漂流；順流而下；漂走；飄起來◇Smoke drifted up from the campfire.篝火上煙霧裊裊。PREPOSITION➤from, to, towards/toward, etc.從⋯漂到⋯；向⋯漂流◇They were drifting out to sea.他們漂流入海。➤with隨⋯漂流◇We drifted with the current.我們隨波漂流。
drift

verb²

 2move slowly/without purpose緩慢移動；飄盪ADVERB | VERB + DRIFT | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤aimlessly漫無目的地遊蕩▸➤gradually, slowly漸漸飄移；慢慢地移動◇Her gaze gradually drifted to the bookshelf.她的視線漸漸轉移到了書架上。➤quietly, silently靜悄悄地移動➤eventually, finally最終／終於遊蕩（到）◇He finally drifted back to his home town.他最終兜回了家鄉。➤about, around, back, down, round, up, etc.四處漂泊；漂回；向下漂走；向上遊移◇Voices drifted up through the floorboards.聲音透過地板傳了上來。➤apart, away, off漸漸疏遠；漂離；漸漸離去◇Over the years the two friends drifted apart.過了這麼多年，這兩個朋友已經漸漸疏遠。VERB + DRIFT➤begin to開始遊移▸➤seem to似乎在遊移▸➤allow sth to, let sth讓⋯遊移◇He allowed his thoughts to drift back to his conversation with Carrie.他讓思緒回到了他與卡麗的談話上。PREPOSITION➤about, around, round (especially BrE) 到處晃◇He spent the day drifting aimlessly around the house.他一整天都在房子周圍漫無目的地晃來晃去。➤across走過◇She drifted across the room to where we were standing.她緩慢地穿過房間來到我們站着的地方。➤between在⋯之間變動◇She began to drift between sleep and wakefulness.她開始進入時睡時醒的狀態。➤from偏離◇We seem to be drifting away from the point.我們似乎有點兒離題。➤into無意中開始；不知不覺陷入◇He drifted into teaching, but never really enjoyed it.他無意中當上了教師，卻從未真正喜歡過這一行。➤out of不自覺地離開◇He drifted in and out of consciousness.他時而清醒時而昏迷。
drift

verb

 ●drift offADVERB➤gradually, slowly漸漸／慢慢離去PREPOSITION➤into慢慢陷入；漸漸進入◇He drifted off into a deep slumber.他漸漸進入沉睡狀態。PHRASES➤drift off to sleep昏昏入睡◇She closed her eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.她閉上眼睛，漸漸進入夢鄉。
drift

noun¹

 1slow movement緩緩移動ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤gradual, slow逐漸的飄移；緩慢的流動➤leftward, rightward向左／向右漂移◇He criticized the rightward drift of the party.他批評該黨轉向右傾。➤continental大陸漂移PREPOSITION➤drift (away) from從⋯流走◇the drift of people away from rural areas into urban slums由農村到城市貧民區的人口流動➤drift (back) to逐漸流 ( 回 ) 到◇As the strike went on, there was a gradual drift back to work.罷工繼續進行的同時，陸續有人回去工作了。➤drift into陷入◇his drift into crime他逐漸陷入犯罪➤drift towards/toward向⋯的緩慢移動
drift

noun²

 2general meaning of sth概括意義ADJECTIVE | VERB + DRIFT ADJECTIVE➤general, main大意；主旨VERB + DRIFT➤catch, follow, get領會要旨；明白大意◇I didn't follow the speech exactly, but I caught the main drift of what was being said.我沒有完全聽懂講演，但領會了其主旨。
drift

noun³

 3pile of snow/sand made by the wind風吹積的雪堆或沙堆ADJECTIVE➤deep大堆聚積物➤sand, snow (usually snowdrift) 風吹積成的沙堆；風吹形成的雪堆
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3522 COCA: 3599
drift noun
⇨ trenddrift verb
⇨ float (drift out to sea) ⇨ wander (The crowd slowly drifted away.)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3522 COCA: 3599

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