afloat

UK:  [ə'fləʊt]

US:  [ə'floʊt]

adv.

1.浮,漂浮

2.已装运在途中

3.在水上

4.在海上;在船上

5.(计划等)尚未定案

6.流行,传播,散播

7.(甲板等)浸在水中

8.【商业】(票据)流通,(经济上)不困难

adj.

1.漂浮的

2.浮在水面上;船上

3.航行的

4.流传的

5.〔多作表语〕

6.传说;经久不衰

7.流通的

8.流动的

9.顺流的

1 . The ship he commanded was the largest afloat at the time of her maiden voyage.
他指挥的这条船在其首航时是海上最大的漂浮物了。

2 . If you throw a handful of straw into a river, some of it stays afloat even in a rapids.
一把稻草投在河里，即使到急流险滩也总有些稻草可以不沉。

3 . The burden fell away, leaving me afloat, and I was a spectator witnessing the nearest to a love scene I would ever see between them.
压力逐渐消失，留下我一个人空虚地就像漂浮在海面一样，我是个旁观者，这是我见证他们俩之间的关系最接近爱的时刻。

4 . In a suburb of Jakarta, children drifting in poverty seem to have found a lifebuoy to keep them afloat in the Nurul Iman Islamic School.
雅加达近郊漂流的孩子，在努鲁亚伊曼习经院，找到一根浮木支撑。

5 . The ship was designed to be the last word in comfort and luxury and was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage.
泰坦尼克号最终被设计成为豪华奢侈型的游轮，在它进行处女航时都是海上最大的船只。