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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- float [fləut]
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1.
vi.
[object+]
(on water) 漂浮
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2.
vi.
[paper, feather+]
(through air) 飘浮
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3.
vi.
[liter]
[sound, smell+]
飘散
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4.
vi.
[swimmer, object+]
(stay afloat) 浮着
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5.
vi.
[商]
[currency+]
浮动
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6.
vt.
[商]
[+currency]
使浮动
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7.
vt.
[商]
[+company]
首次公开发行公司股票
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8.
vt.
[+idea, plan]
提出
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9.
noun
[c]
(for fishing) 鱼漂
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10.
noun
(for swimming) 浮板
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11.
noun
(in carnival) 彩车
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12.
noun
[BRIT]
(money) 周转零款
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1.
vi.
[object+]
(on water) 漂浮
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- float [flot] [fləut]
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1.
vi.
漂，浮，漂浮
- 2. vi. （在水面或空气中）浮动，漂流，漂泊；飘动
- 3. vi. 游荡；浮现（于心中等）
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4.
vi.
[economics]
（货币）浮动
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5.
vt.
使漂浮，使漂流；使飘浮
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6.
vt.
（水面、水域等）容纳；承受；载
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7.
vt.
（用液体）注满；淹没；使泛滥
- 8. vt. 发行（有价证券等）；使（货币、票据等）流通
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9.
vt.
（筹资）建立（或开办）（商店、公司等）
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10.
vt.
筹（款），（用发行债券等方式）募集（贷款）
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11.
vt.
涂抹、抹平（水泥、灰泥等），抹（灰）
- 12. vt. [economics] 使（货币兑换率）浮动
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13.
vt.
提出（建议等）
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14.
noun
漂浮物，浮游物；尤指（鱼等的）浮囊
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15.
noun
漂浮物，浮游物；尤指（钓丝上的）浮子
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16.
noun
漂浮物，浮游物；尤指（水箱）浮球
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17.
noun
漂浮物，浮游物；尤指（为游泳者而设的）筏状台
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18.
noun
[American English]
漂浮物，浮游物；尤指救生圈（或衣、带等）
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19.
noun
漂浮物，浮游物；尤指（飞机的）浮筒
- 20. noun （游行中用的）彩车；装载展品模型的车辆
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21.
noun
（泥水匠用的）抹子
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22.
noun
[textile]
（尤指织物上组成图案的）浮经，浮纬，浮纹，跳纱
- 23. noun [American English] 上面浮有冰淇淋饮料
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24.
noun
漂浮
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25.
noun
[economics]
（货币）浮动
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26.
noun
[banking]
[American English]
（流通在市面上应收而未收的）商业票据；应收支票金额
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27.
noun
[England]
（店主、小贩、售票员等开始一天营业时的）备用零钱
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1.
vi.
漂，浮，漂浮
Collins English-English Dictionary
- float [fləυt]
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1.
vb
to rest or cause to rest on the surface of a fluid or in a fluid or space without sinking; be buoyant or cause to exhibit buoyancy
- oil floats on water
- to float a ship
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2.
n
paddle a blade of a paddle wheel
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3.
vb
to move or cause to move buoyantly, lightly, or freely across a surface or through air, water, etc; drift
- fog floated across the road
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4.
vb
to move about aimlessly, esp in the mind
- thoughts floated before him
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5.
vb
to suspend or be suspended without falling; hang
- lights floated above them
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6.
vt.
[tr]
to launch or establish (a commercial enterprise, etc)
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7.
vt.
to offer for sale (stock or bond issues, etc) on the stock market
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8.
vt.
[tr]
[finance]
to allow (a currency) to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
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9.
vt.
[tr]
to flood, inundate, or irrigate (land), either artificially or naturally
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10.
vt.
[tr]
to spread, smooth, or level (a surface of plaster, rendering, etc)
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11.
n
something that floats
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12.
n
[angling]
an indicator attached to a baited line that sits on the water and moves when a fish bites
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13.
n
a small hand tool with a rectangular blade used for floating plaster, etc
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14.
n
[chiefly US]
any buoyant object, such as a platform or inflated tube, used offshore by swimmers or, when moored alongside a pier, as a dock by vessels
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15.
n
[Brit]
a buoyant garment or device to aid a person in staying afloat
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16.
n
a hollow watertight structure fitted to the underside of an aircraft to allow it to land on water
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17.
n
another name for air bladder
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18.
n
an exhibit carried in a parade, esp a religious parade
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19.
n
a motor vehicle used to carry a tableau or exhibit in a parade, esp a civic parade
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20.
n
a small delivery vehicle, esp one powered by batteries
- a milk float
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21.
n
[Austral and NZ]
a vehicle for transporting horses
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22.
n
[banking]
[chiefly US]
the total value of uncollected cheques and other commercial papers
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23.
n
[chiefly US and Canadian]
a sum to be applied to minor expenses; petty cash
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24.
n
a sum of money used by shopkeepers to provide change at the start of the day's business, this sum being subtracted from the total at the end of the day when calculating the day's takings
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25.
n
the hollow floating ball of a ballcock
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26.
n
[engineering]
a hollow cylindrical structure in a carburettor that actuates the fuel valve
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27.
n
[chiefly US and Canadian]
a carbonated soft drink with a scoop of ice cream in it
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28.
n
(in textiles) a single thread brought to or above the surface of a woven fabric, esp to form a pattern
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29.
n
[forestry]
a measure of timber equal to eighteen loads
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30.
n
See also float off floats
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31.
n
[Etymology]
Old English flotian; related to Old Norse flota , Old Saxon flot
o n; seefleet 2
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1.
vb
to rest or cause to rest on the surface of a fluid or in a fluid or space without sinking; be buoyant or cause to exhibit buoyancy
Examples
- root beer float
- 上面浮有冰淇淋的无醇饮料(美国用一种木质根煮汁经发酵成为与啤酒相似的饮料) → float
- to float a bond issue
- 发行债券 → float
- Nearly everyone can float on water.
- 几乎所有人都会浮水。 → float
- I use a float to mark the location of my crab pots.
- 我用浮标标注出蟹篓的位置。
- Let's go and get a root beer float.
- 我们去喝一杯漂浮沙士吧。 → float
- Ballet dancers float around the stage.
- 芭蕾舞演员在舞台上翩翩起舞。
- Should the government float their currency?
- 政府会允许汇率浮动吗？ → float
- They are at the garage decorating the float for the carnival.
- 他们正在车库装饰狂欢节用的彩车。 → float
- to float a ship → float
- a milk float → float
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