adrift
UKədrift
USəd'rıft
معنی فارسی
ول در روي آب ، دستخوش طوفان ، آواره ،
دستخوش مقتضيات يا پيشامد
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ǝ drift´/adv., adj.
● (در مورد کشتی یا قایق) شناور (بدون لنگر و ناخدا)
● سرگردان، بیهدف
suddenly I realized that I was jobless and adrift
ناگهان احساس کردم که بیکار و سرگردانم.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Middle English on drift, equivalent to a- + drift.
مثال
- The boat was adrift in the open sea.
- After losing his job, he seemed adrift and unsure of what to do next.
- The balloon went adrift in the wind.
ترکیبهای رایج
Go adrift Set adrift Cast adrift Feel adrift
تعریف انگلیسی
adverb
- aimlessly drifting
- afloat on the surface of a body of water “after the storm the boats were adrift”
- floating freely; not anchored “the boat wasset adrift”
- off course, wandering aimlessly “there was a search for beauty that had somehow gone adrift”