释义 |
afloat /a'fbut; s'flot/ pred adj 1 floating; borne up, carried along, on air or water: 飘浮在水中或空中的: The ship stuck fast on the rocks and we couldn't get it ~ again. 船牢牢地搁浅在礁石上,我们无法使它再浮起来。 2 at sea; on board ship: 在海上的; 在船上的: life ~, the life of a sailor. 海上生涯; 水手生涯。 3 awash; flooded. 为海浪所冲打的; 为水所滝的。 4 (business) started; solvent: (贸) 开张的; 新开的; 有偿付能力的: get a new periodical ~, launch it. 创办一种新期刊。 5 (of stories, rumours) current; in circulation. (指传说, 谣言) 传播各处的; 流传的。 |