名词 float:

1. the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

2. the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

3. a drink with ice cream floating in it

4. an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

5. a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

6. something that floats on the surface of water

7. an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

动词 float:

1. be in motion due to some air or water current

2. be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

3. set afloat

4. circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with

5. move lightly, as if suspended

6. put into the water

7. make the surface of level or smooth

8. allow (currencies) to fluctuate

9. convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation

floatv.漂浮；浮现；飘动；提出n.浮标；漂浮物；漂浮float car浮动车float arm浮子臂float ore漂移矿石floatater浮选矿机float mud浮泥floatableadj.可漂浮的；可浮起的；可航行的float gage浮标,浮表float bowl浮筒float bond发行公债float test浮标试验,漂浮试验,浮杯试验,流质试验

1. They will throw you a lot of beads from floats.
   他们从花车上丢给你很多珠珠。
2. He still remembers the village pageant moving through the streets on floats.
   他仍旧记得那次通过街道的乡村花车巡游。