float /fləʊt/ CET4 TEM4 ( floating, floated, floats )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I 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. 漂浮

  例：

  They noticed fifty and twenty dollar bills floating in the water.

  他们注意到水中漂浮着一些50和20美元的纸币。

  例：

  It's below freezing and small icebergs are floating by.

  气温在冰点以下，一座座小冰山正漂过。

• 2. 

  V-I Something that floats lies on or just below the surface of a liquid when it is put in it and does not sink. (在水面或水中) 漂浮

  例：

  They will also float if you drop them in the water.

  如果你把它们丢进水里，它们也会浮起来。

• 3. 

  V-I Something that floats in or through the air hangs in it or moves slowly and gently through it. (在空中) 飘浮

  例：

  The white cloud of smoke floated away.

  那团白色的烟雾飘走了。

• 4. 

  V-T If you float a project, plan, or idea, you suggest it for others to think about. 提出

  例：

  The French had floated the idea of placing the diplomatic work in the hands of the UN.

  法国人提出了将外交工作交由联合国处理的意见。

• 5. 

  V-T If a company director floats their company, they start to sell shares in it to the public. 使 (公司) 上市 [商业]

  例：

  He floated his firm on the stock market.

  他让自己的公司上市了。

• 6. 

  V-T/V-I 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. 使 (货币) 自由浮动 [商业]

  例：

  On January 15th Brazil was forced to float its currency.

  1月15日巴西被迫让其货币自由浮动。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT A float is a light object that is used to help someone or something float. 救生圈

  例：

  Floats will provide confidence in the water.

  救生圈可以增强在水中的信心。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT A float is a small object attached to a fishing line which floats on the water and moves when a fish has been caught. 浮子; 鱼漂

• 9. 

  N-COUNT A float is a truck on which displays and people in special costumes are carried in a parade. 游行彩车

  例：

  ...a procession of makeshift floats bearing loudspeakers and banners.

  …临时代用的装有高音喇叭、挂有横幅的游行彩车队列。