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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

raft [rɒːft]
  1. 1. noun [c] (also: life raft) 皮艇
  2. 2. noun (improvised) 筏
    a raft of
    大量

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

raft [rɑːft]
  1. 1. n.[c] 筏子木筏救生筏
    The man drowned after falling from a white water raft on a river.
    这个男人一个白色救生筏上掉到河里淹死了。
  2. 2. noun [Person Name] 拉夫特
  3. 3. n.[c] 大量大批
    Traffic cars were the response to a raft of new controls on drivers.
    交通车辆大批司机控制反映
  4. 4. vt. 筏子运送
    The loggers rafted the trees down the river toward the mill.
    木商用筏子向河下流运送树木
  5. 5. vt. 筏子游览,乘筏在水上漂流
    Those fellows did their horse trekking today, and tomorrow they're due to go rafting.
    这些今天骑马长途跋涉明天他们预计要乘筏子
  6. 6. vt. 把……扎成筏子
    They would tie and raft their boats up to have party.
    他们将把他们的小船绑在一起,扎成筏子举行聚会

Collins English-English Dictionary

raft [rɒːft]
  1. 1. n a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc, used as a vessel or moored platform
  2. 2. n a thick slab of reinforced concrete laid over soft ground to provide a foundation for a building
  3. 3. vb to convey on or travel by raft, or make a raft from
  4. 4. vb [Etymology] C15: from Old Norse raptr rafter
raft [rɒːft]
  1. 1. n [Spoken] a large collection or amount
    a raft of old notebooks discovered in a cupboard
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C19: from raff

Examples

We rowed a raft across the river.
我们划着筏子过了河。
We pulled the oars in unison and the raft slid downstream.
我们一起划桨,筏顺流而下。
Traffic cars were the response to a raft of new controls on drivers.
交通车辆是大批司机新控制的反映。
The raft was littered up with leaves and branches.
那只木筏被树叶和树枝弄得乱糟糟的。
She was tossed about on a life raft.
她在救生筏上颠簸着。
Don't underestimate the danger of such a raft trip on this river.
不要低估在这条河流上进行漂流将面临的危险。

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