【float】的翻译、意思

美: [flot]

英: [fləʊt]

1.vt. 使漂浮；实行

2.vi. 浮动；飘动，散播；摇摆；付诸实施

3.n. 彩车，花车；漂流物；浮舟；浮萍

4.n. (Float)人名；(英)弗洛特

CET4   TEM4    ( floating, floated, floats ) 

1. [V-T/V-I] If something or someone is floating in a liquid, they are in the liquid, on or just below the surface, and are being supported by it. You can also float something on a liquid. 漂浮

例：They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.他们注意到水中漂浮着一些50和20美元的纸币。

例：It's below freezing and small icebergs are floating by.气温在冰点以下，一座座小冰山正漂过。

2. [V-I] Something that floats lies on or just below the surface of a liquid when it is put in it and does not sink. (在水面或水中) 漂浮

例：They will also float if you drop them in the water.如果你把它们丢进水里，它们也会浮起来。

3. [V-I] Something that floats in or through the air hangs in it or moves slowly and gently through it. (在空中) 飘浮

例：The white cloud of smoke floated away.那团白色的烟雾飘走了。

4. [V-T] If you float a project, plan, or idea, you suggest it for others to think about. 提出

例：The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work in the hands of the UN.法国人提出了将外交工作交由联合国处理的意见。

5. [[商业]] If a company director floats their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public. 使 (公司) 上市

例：He floated his firm on the stock market.他让自己的公司上市了。

6. [[商业]] If a government floats its country's currency or allows it to float, it allows the currency's value to change freely in relation to other currencies. 使 (货币) 自由浮动

例：On January 15th Brazil was forced to float its currency.1月15日巴西被迫让其货币自由浮动。

7. [N-COUNT] A float is a light object that is used to help someone or something float. 救生圈

例：Floats will provide confidence in the water.救生圈可以增强在水中的信心。

8. [N-COUNT] A float is a truck on which displays and people in special costumes are carried in a parade. 游行彩车

例：...a procession of makeshift floats bearing loudspeakers and banners.…临时代用的装有高音喇叭、挂有横幅的游行彩车队列。