As a young man, he began walking over tens of thousands of miles during his lifetime, through the south to Florida, the west to California and north to Alaska, where readers are taken a long and particularly hair-raising adventure on a large mass of floating ice
出自-2013年6月聽力原文
When Beijing allows its currency exchange rates to float.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
The West Antarctic ice sheet was once floating ice.
出自-2010年12月聽力原文
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V-ERG
(使)漂浮;(使)浮動
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.
例句
They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.
他們發現水中漂浮著50和20美元的紙幣。
...barges floating quietly by the grassy river banks...
青草萋萋的河岸邊靜靜漂浮著的駁船
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VERB
漂;浮
Something that floats lies on or just below the surface of a liquid when it is put in it and does not sink.
例句
Empty things float.
空的物體會在水中浮起。
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N-COUNT
浮體;浮板;救生圈
A float is a light object that is used to help someone or something float.
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N-COUNT
(釣魚用的)魚漂浮子
A float is a small object attached to a fishing line which floats on the water and moves when a fish has been caught.
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VERB
(在空中)飄蕩，飄浮
Something that floats in or through the air hangs in it or moves slowly and gently through it.
例句
The white cloud of smoke floated away.
白色的煙霧飄遠了。
...the sun's rays lighting up the dust floating in the air.
陽光照亮了空氣中浮動的灰塵
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VERB
(聲音或氣味)飄到，傳到
If a sound or smell floats to a place quite far away, it can be heard or smelled there.
例句
Sublime music floats on a scented summer breeze to the spot where you lie on the lush grass...
你躺在綠草如茵的草地上，滌蕩心靈的樂聲隨著清香的夏日微風飄到你的身邊。
The smells of delicious foods floated all around him.
美食的香味彌漫在他的四周。
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VERB
優雅地走動;輕盈地走動
If you float somewhere, you walk there very lightly and gracefully.
例句
Caroline floated up the aisle on her father's arm.
卡羅琳挽著父親的手臂從過道上優雅地走過。
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VERB
提出(計劃、方案或想法)
If you float a project, plan, or idea, you suggest it for others to think about.
例句
The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work in the hands of the UN.
法國提出將外交工作交由聯合國處理的想法。
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VERB
使(公司)發行股票;使上市
If a company director floats their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public.
例句
He floated his firm on the stock market...
他讓自己的公司上市了。
The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares.
顧問們對于發行60%還是100%股份的關鍵問題遲遲未作決定。
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V-ERG
(使)(貨幣)自由浮動
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.
例句
A decision by the Finns to float their currency sent a shudder through the foreign exchanges...
芬蘭允許其貨幣自由浮動的決定在外匯市場上引起了震動。
59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.
59%的人認為應該允許英鎊自由浮動。
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N-COUNT
(節日游行時的)彩車，花車
A float is a truck on which displays and people in special costumes are carried in a festival procession.
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N-SING
(商店的)備用零錢
A float is a small amount of coins and notes of low value that someone has before they start selling things so that they are able to give customers change if necessary.
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PHRASAL VERB
傳開;流傳
A rumour or idea that is floating around is often heard or talked about.
例句
There are still some unfounded fears floating around out there about cancer being contagious.
社會上還是有一些毫無根據的關于癌癥會傳染的恐懼。
Noun
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 remains on the surface of a liquid
Verb
1. be in motion due to some air or water current;
"The leaves were blowing in the wind""the boat drifted on the lake""The sailboat was adrift on the open sea""the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"2. be afloat; stay on a liquid surface; not sink
3. set afloat;
"He floated the logs down the river""The boy floated his toy boat on the pond"4. circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with;
"The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform"5. move lightly, as if suspended;
"The dancer floated across the stage"6. put into the water;
"float a ship"7. make the surface of level or smooth;
"float the plaster"8. allow (currencies) to fluctuate;
"The government floated the ruble for a few months"9. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation;
"float data"