driftwood是什么意思？

driftwood

英[ˈdrɪftwʊd] 美[ˈdrɪftˌwʊd]

• n. 流木，浮木，（社会变动所产生的）无用的人，流送材；

例句

• My son found a piece of driftwood this morning. 我的儿子今天早上找到了一块漂流的木片.
• The sound seemed to come from some driftwood close at hand. 这声音好象来自近处漂来的木头上.
• I found this driftwood on the beach. 我在海边发现这根漂流木。
• ...a piece of driftwood which he used as a paddle. 他用作桨使的一块浮木
• ...a piece of driftwood carried down with the current... 顺流而下的一块浮木

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-UNCOUNT
  漂流木,浮木(被海水或河流冲上岸或仍在水中漂流的木头)
  Driftwood is wood which has been carried onto the shore by the motion of the sea or a river, or which is still floating on the water.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore