| 单词 | driftwood |
| 释义 | driftwood noun[U] uk/ˈdrɪft.wʊd/us/ˈdrɪft.wʊd/woodthat isfloatingon theseaorbroughtonto thebeachby thesea 漂流木，浮木（在海上漂浮或被海水冲上岸的木头） assalve/E+/GettyImages Types of wood
driftwood| American Dictionarydriftwood noun[U] us/ˈdrɪft·wʊd/woodfloatingin theseaorlefton abeachby theactionof thewaves Examplesofdriftwooddriftwood Such vessels utilized a shallow draft hull specifically designed to avoid the numerousdriftwoodsnags in the great river. From theCambridge English Corpus I have not time to cover such problems of the river asdriftwoodand vandalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The rock has turned out to be meredriftwood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many people enjoy walking along a beach looking for the odd bit ofdriftwoodor other material that may have come ashore. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I visited some of the moorings at the end of last week, and saw that large amounts ofdriftwoodhad accumulated over months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One of them ran into somedriftwoodin the channel last week and was out of service for a whole week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the "driftwood" that we have to look after—2,500 of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us deal with those and do not let us clutter up the register with a lot ofdriftwoodwhich has been forgotten and finished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They had done it by collectingdriftwoodfrom the shore and by using damaged petrol tins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I said that these remaining cases were thedriftwoodof the tempest of war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In my visit a fortnight ago, what impressed me was that the newly appointed rangers were clearing the beaches, burning the rubbish, oil sodden seaweed, plastic containers anddriftwood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Harbour authorities incur considerable expense in clearingdriftwoodfrom their harbours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In earlier years, low demand was brought about by the national habit of clinging to an outdated exchange rate as though it were some piece of imperialdriftwood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some took to crudely made rafts ofdriftwoodand logs. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A path leads from the bluff to a wide beach withdriftwoodalong the high-tide line. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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