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漂浮
piāo fú
Meaning
- to float
- to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)
Definition
物体在液体或气体表面或内部移动或停留，不沉下去。
To float or drift on the surface or within a liquid or gas, not sinking.
Usage
常用于描述物体在水面或空中的状态，也可比喻人的心情或状态，如漂泊不定、思绪飘忽。
Often used to describe objects on water or in air, and metaphorically for a person's mood or state, such as drifting aimlessly or having wandering thoughts.
Examples
- 1 树叶在河面上漂浮着。 (The leaves are floating on the river.)
- 2 云朵在天空中漂浮。 (Clouds are floating in the sky.)
- 3 他感到自己的思绪在漂浮，无法集中注意力。 (He felt his thoughts floating, unable to concentrate.)
- 4 船只在海上漂浮了几天。 (The ship drifted at sea for several days.)
- 5 在泳池里，她轻松地漂浮在水面上。 (In the pool, she floated effortlessly on the water.)
- 6 气球在空气中漂浮，缓缓上升。 (The balloon floated in the air, rising slowly.)
- 7 他像一片落叶一样漂浮在人海中。 (He drifted like a fallen leaf in the sea of people.)
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