drifted
past simple and past participle ofdrift
| 单词 | drifted |
| 释义 | drifted past simple and past participle ofdrift drift verb[Iusually+ adv/prep] uk/drɪft/us/drɪft/C2 tomoveslowly,especiallyas aresultofoutsideforces, with nocontroloverdirection: No onenoticedthat theboathadbegunto driftouttosea. Amistdriftedinfrom themarshes. After thebandstoppedplaying,peopledriftedawayin twos and threes. figurativeThetalkdriftedaimlesslyfrom onesubjectto another. to move slowly
Slow and moving slowly
Idiomdrift with the tide Phrasal verbsdrift apart drift off Examplesofdrifteddrifted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Yet the ' writings 'driftedback in dribs and drabs. From theCambridge English Corpus But he felt he'd never actually decided, onlydriftedinto being still here. From theCambridge English Corpus These students constantlydriftedaway from the society and throughout the late nineteenth century membership levels waxed and waned dramatically. From theCambridge English Corpus And like these other "everything" terms, it has also shaken loose from the present anddriftedfurther and further back in time. From theCambridge English Corpus Powerdriftedfrom the centre to the periphery. From theCambridge English Corpus Beyond that, the strategy of selectivity ran out of steam, presumably for lack of obvious targets, before it finallydriftedinto incoherence. From theCambridge English Corpus The systemdriftedfrom an initial phase of large surpluses to increasing deficits and ultimate crisis. From theCambridge English Corpus The simplest assumption, and the point of departure for most population genetic investigations, is that inversions havedrifted(neutrally) to their present frequency. From theCambridge English Corpus As theydriftedout to sea, they took 45 minutes to pass the ship. From theCambridge English Corpus Initial studies based on this new view were very encouraging, but ultimately the two disciplinesdriftedapart and the level of collaboration dropped significantly. From theCambridge English Corpus Again, anydriftedparts are repositioned as needed. From theCambridge English Corpus They will have been born at various locations in and will havedriftedaround, being at point x on becoming mature. From theCambridge English Corpus Whatever was without mass (air and fire),driftedaway from the center of the earth. From theCambridge English Corpus Often the animal's threshold responsesdrifteddownward but eventually stabilized. From theCambridge English Corpus For measurements of surround suppression, the mask was enclosed in an annulus surrounding the test, anddriftedin the same direction as the test. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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