Float
[ flot ]
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vt.& vi. （使）浮动;（使）漂浮;自由浮动;
vi. 游荡;
vt. 提出，提请考虑;（股票）上市;
n. 彩车;漂浮物;浮板;浮有冰淇淋的饮料;
📝 例句
The company decided to float a loan at lower interest rates.
公司决定筹集低息贷款。
They decided to float a new company.
他们决定筹资创办一家新公司。
Wood floats on water.
木头浮在水面上。
Keys no more lie in the air, or float on the water.
钥匙不会吊在空中，也不会浮在水上。
The divers tried to float the sunken ship.
潜水员想使沉船浮起。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ flow-流动,float-飘浮:河水在流动上有木板漂浮
※ flat-平坦的,o-似“游泳圈”:平坦的水面上飘浮着游泳圈
※ f-拼音“父”,l-似数字“1”,o-似“蛋”,at-在:父亲拿着1个蛋在漂浮
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
float
v
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(a) [I, Ipr] stay on or at the surface of a liquid and not sink; be held up in air or gas 漂浮; 飘
Wood floats (in water). 木头能漂浮（於水面）.
Try and float on your back. 试试仰浮.
(b) [Ipr] move without resistance in air, water or gas; drift slowly 漂流; 飘动
A balloon floated across the sky. 有个气球从空中飘过.
The raft was floating gently down the river. 筏子顺河水缓缓漂流.
(fig 比喻) Thoughts of lazy summer afternoons floated through his mind. 夏日懒洋洋的下午种种思绪在他脑海里浮想联翩.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
bring (sth) to the surface of a liquid; cause (sth) to move on liquid or in air 使（某物）漂浮; 使（某物）漂流或飘动
There wasn't enough water to float the ship. 水不够深, 船浮不起来.
float a raft of logs down the river 使圆木筏顺河漂下
We waited for the tide to float the boat off the sandbank. 我们等待涨潮, 让潮水把船浮起离开沙滩.
3 [Tn] suggest (a plan or project); present for acceptance or rejection 提出（计画、 方案等）; 交出（以供取舍）
Let me float a couple of ideas. 让我来谈两三点意见仅供参考.
4 [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (about/around (sth)) (infml 口) (of a person) move vaguely or aimlessly from place to place; do nothing in particular （指人）游荡, 无所事事
My weekend was boring I just floated about (the house) or watched TV. 我的周末过得很无聊--只是在屋子里 转转或者看看电视.
5 [Tn] start (a new business company) by selling shares in it to the public （以公开发行股票方式）开办（新公司）.
6
(a) [Tn] allow the foreign exchange values of (a currency) to vary freely according to the value of other international currencies 使（某货币）的对外汇率浮动
float the pound, dollar, yen, etc 使英镑、 美元、 日元等的对外汇率浮动.
(b) [I] (of a currency) find its own value in this way （指货币）随汇率浮动.
7 (phr v) float about/around (esp in the continuous tenses 尤用於进行时态)
(a) (of a rumour) be heard or talked about a lot （指传闻）广为流传
There's a rumour floating around of a new job in the unit. 这个部门盛传有个新工作要聘人.
(b) (of an object) be in an unspecified place （指物品）在未指出的某处
Have you seen my keys floating about (anywhere)? 你在什麽地方见到我的钥匙了吗? float n
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(a) light object made of cork, etc that stays on the surface of a liquid, esp one attached to a fishing-line (to indicate when the bait has been taken) or to a net (to support it in water) 漂浮物; （尤指）鱼漂, 浮子.
(b) light buoyant object that non-swimmers can hold on to while learning to swim ?quot;澹ㄑв斡居玫模?
2 floating hollow ball or other air-filled container, used to control the flow of water, petrol, etc into a tank 浮球（用以控制水、 汽油等流量的）.
3 structure that enables an aircraft to float on water 浮筒（使飞行器浮於水面的装置）.
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(a) lorry, cart or low platform on wheels, used for showing things in a procession （游行时载展品等的）卡车、 大车或装有轮子的展台; 花车
The club display was mounted on a huge float and paraded through the main street. 俱乐部的展品装在大型花车上在大街上通过.
(b) vehicle with a low flat base, used for transporting the thing specified 低矮的平板车
a milk float 运牛奶的平板车.
5 sum of money used for everyday business expenses or for giving change （企业的）日常零钱.
🎯 考研助记
浮露它”(谐音): 飘浮 float→fly(v. 飞)+boat(n. 船)→飞船 漂浮在太空中
🔁 扩展释义
*[flәut]n. 漂流物, 浮舟, 漂浮, 浮萍, 彩车vi. 浮动, 飘动, 散播, 摇摆, 动摇, 浮动vt. 使漂浮, 容纳, 淹没, 发行, 实行【计】 浮动【化】 浮球; 浮标; 浮简【医】 悬浮物
🏥 医学释义
浮动，悬浮物
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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OK, let me think.
好， 让我想想。
If you expect to enter the university,you should apply now.
如果你期望进入大学，你现在应该申请。
That's not allowed. Once you are in here, listen to your teacher.
那是不允许的。一旦进来了，你们要听老师的话。