Drift

(noun.) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; 'they dug a drift parallel with the vein'.

(noun.) the pervading meaning or tenor; 'caught the general drift of the conversation'.

(noun.) a general tendency to change (as of opinion); 'not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book'; 'a broad movement of the electorate to the right'.

(noun.) a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents.

(noun.) a force that moves something along.

(noun.) the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane).

(noun.) a process of linguistic change over a period of time.

(verb.) be piled up in banks or heaps by the force of wind or a current; 'snow drifting several feet high'; 'sand drifting like snow'.

(verb.) drive slowly and far afield for grazing; 'drift the cattle herds westwards'.

(verb.) cause to be carried by a current; 'drift the boats downstream'.

(verb.) move in an unhurried fashion; 'The unknown young man drifted among the invited guests'.

(verb.) vary or move from a fixed point or course; 'stock prices are drifting higher'.

(verb.) be subject to fluctuation; 'The stock market drifted upward'.

整理:胡安妮塔

• They would say that, at any rate, if they did not perceive the drift of the question. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• But, now thou knowest my drift, thou wilt resume thine own original plan, wilt thou not? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Why not drift on in a series of accidents-like a picaresque novel? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The general drift of the common man in this period in Europe was to set up his new acquisition, the Bible, as a counter authority to the church. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Beginning now to perceive his drift, I had a certain pleasure in keeping cool, and working him up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The water lies between two very sharp slopes, with little branch valleys, and God knows where the drift will take you. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She seemed to catch the drift of his statement, and then she drew away. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Everything that arose before his mind drifted him on, faster and faster, more and more steadily, to the terrible attraction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He drifted on swiftly to Beldover, half-unconscious of his own movement. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• His name was familiar to me, for many years ago my parents were acquainted with him, but they drifted apart. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Nay, tell me how you class your wealth of books The drifted relics of all time. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• They drifted through the wild, late afternoon, in a beautiful motion that was smiling and transcendent. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Not a sign of life was manifest upon her as she drifted slowly with the light breeze in a southeasterly direction. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• It is the drifting icebergs setting with any current anywhere, that wreck the ships. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Drifting after a time from Louisville, Edison made his way as far north as Detroit, but, like the famous Duke of York, soon made his way back again. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• And Jo felt as if during that fortnight her sister had grown up amazingly, and was drifting away from her into a world where she could not follow. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Why not be casual, drifting along, taking all for what it was worth? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• We could hear the men working on the broken propellers, and from the port-hole we could see that the vessel was drifting lazily toward the south. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• He drifted, as on a wind, veered, and went drifting away. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Following the current with her eyes, she saw a bloody face turned up towards the moon, and drifting away. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But ere the words had passed his lips she was across the snowy road, rather skimming than wading the drifts. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Rough, cold night, Sir,' replied the man; 'and there's a wind got up, that drifts it across the fields, in a thick white cloud. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• His object drifts up, before he is quite ready for it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• All along, and among, and above these crags dash and flash, sweep and leap, swells, wreaths, drifts of snowy spray. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

整理:泰丝