名词 float:

1. the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

2. the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

3. a drink with ice cream floating in it

4. an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

5. a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

6. something that floats on the surface of water

7. an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

动词 float:

1. be in motion due to some air or water current

2. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

3. set afloat

4. circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

5. move lightly, as if suspended

6. put into the water

7. make the surface of level or smooth

8. allow (currencies) to fluctuate

9. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

The salesmen in this company have floats for their traveling expenses.

这家公司的推销员准备了在路上用的零钱.

Dust floats in the air.

灰尘飘浮在空中.

Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie.

优美的音乐随着充满香气的夏日微风飘到了你躺着的地方。

Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie on the lush grass.

你躺在绿草如茵的草地上，涤荡心灵的乐声随着清香的夏日微风飘到你的身边。

In countless films, a small, neglected child gets handed some balloons and then floats away.

在许多电影中, 某个疏人照顾的小孩, 从别人手里拿了几个汽球后就飘走了.

As the surface freezes, the ice floats because it is less dense than water.

当湖面冻结时, 冰由于密度小于水的密度而浮在水面.

The sound floats over all, clear like the night , liquid , serene, and lonely.

这音乐到处飘荡, 清朗得象月夜,象流水, 宁静之中有几分孤寂.

The dress floats out to an extravagant drift of yardage at the hem.

这种衣服在折边处有以码计的多余部分向外飘摆着.

What flies when they e on and floats when they e off?

什么东西在身上时会飞,而掉下来时会飘?

Laughter floats in the air like foam on the flood.

笑声飘浮在空气上,像洪水上的泡沫.

Here, a female floats through a cloud forest in Costa Rica.

这里, 一雌性漂浮物通过云雾林在哥斯达黎加.

Jose Mourinho floats my boat with more buoyancy than Beckham ever could.

何塞-穆里尼奥如同海上浮标带领我的小船扬帆远航,而贝克汉一辈子都无法做到.

Think back to what was said about static boxes following floats.

回顾一下跟随浮动后面的静态盒.

When the sandstorms are coming, dense yellow dust floats in the sky.

沙尘暴来临时, 空气中飘浮着浓密的黄尘.

A developing baby floats in sterile amniotic fluid , protected from bumps — and bugs.

生长中的胎儿是处于无菌的羊水中,羊水能避免碰撞和病菌.

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