raft
英 [rɑːft] 美 [ræft]
n. 筏；木排；救生艇 n. <口>大量 v. 乘筏；制成筏
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◉Usage Examples
(1) We pulled the oars in unison and the raft slid downstream.
(2) The raft was floating gently down the river.
(3) The swimming raft was dancing in the waves.
(4) Many people got away from the wrecked ship on a raft.
(5) They would tie and raft their boats up to have party.
(1) 我们一起划桨，筏顺流而下。
(2) 筏子顺河水缓缓漂流。
(3) 木排在波浪中浮沉着。
(4) 许多人乘救生艇离开遇难的船。
(5) 他们将把他们的小船绑在一起，扎成筏子举行聚会。
◉Usage notes
A raft is a vessel or structure that's made to float on water. You might have an inflatable raft you use for floating around your backyard pool.
Rafts come in many forms, from soft and squishy to wooden and permanent, like the rafts built on lakes for swimmers to rest on and dive off. Other rafts are mobile — they're small, flat boats meant for transporting people or goods across a river, for example. If you raft, you travel by raft. Experts guess that raft comes from the Old Norse word raptr, "log."
◉Collins
1. [N-COUNT 可数名词]木排；木筏；筏子 A raft is a floating platform made from large pieces of wood or other materials tied together.
...a river trip on bamboo rafts through dense rainforest.
坐竹筏穿过茂密雨林的河上之旅
2. [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:life raft；充气浮垫；救生筏 A raft is a small rubber or plastic boat that you blow air into to make it float.
The crew spent two days and nights in their raft.
船员在救生筏上呆了两天两夜。
3. [N-COUNT 可数名词]大堆；大量 A raft of people or things is a lot of them. [usu sing]
① He has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical...
他周围聚集了一大群偏激的顾问。
② This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries.
这可能会带动消费性支出和一大批消费工业的复苏。
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