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drift

drift · drifts

течение, тенденция, дрейф

стадо, табун

Drift

Movement; that which moves or is movedMovement; that which moves or is moved.: Anything driven at random.

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/dɹɪft/

» I've drifted apart from my friends.

Я отдалился от своих друзей.

Значение

значений: 35

Movement; that which moves or is moved.
(исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)Anything driven at random.
(исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., especially by wind or water.
a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, of plants, etc.
a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents
(исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)The distance through which a current flows in a given time.
(собирательное, исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)The animals being moved in a drive, as of cattle, goats, horses, pigs or sheep.
(собирательное, исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)A group of birds moving together.
(исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the retreat of continental glaciers, such as that which buries former river valleys and creates young river valleys.
(исчисляемое, physical)A collection of logs floating down a river.
(исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)Driftwood included in flotsam washed up onto the beach.
(исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting.
(исчисляемое, physical, неисчисляемое)That which is driven, forced, or urged along.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse.
Drift
тече́ниеtečénije, дрейфdrejf
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A place (a ford) along a river where the water is shallow enough to permit crossing to the opposite side.

Примеры

предложений: 163

I've drifted apart from my friends.
Я отдалился от своих друзей.
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Tom drifted in and out of sleep.
Том то засыпал, то снова просыпался.
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Tom started to drift off to sleep.
Том начал засыпать.
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Tom closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Том закрыл глаза и погрузился в сон.
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Tom and Mary drifted down the river in their canoe.
Том и Мэри плыли по течению в каноэ.
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Переводы

языков: 7

Русский

По значениям 2

act or motion of drifting:

the tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention:

Deutsch

По значениям 1

act or motion of drifting:

Происхождение

From Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”

From Middle English drift, dryft (“act of driving, drove, shower of rain or snow, impulse”), from Old English *drift (“drift”), from Proto-Germanic *driftiz (“drift”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Equivalent to drive + -t; cognate with North Frisian drift (“drift”), Saterland Frisian Drift (“current, flow, stream, drift”), Dutch drift (“drift, passion, urge”), German Drift (“drift”) and Trift (“drove, pasture”), Danish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Swedish drift (“impulse, instinct”), Icelandic drift (“drift, snow-drift”).

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