"drift" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

drift verbo

verbo + drift
Kolokacji: 7
begin to drift • begin drifting • keep drifting • come drifting • start drifting • ...
drift + preposición
Kolokacji: 55
drift off • drift into • drift down • drift through • drift toward • drift across • drift over • drift up • drift out • ...
drift + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 70
drift away • drift apart • drift slowly • drift further • drift upward • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) away, forth, wide, randomly
Kolokacji: 4
1. drift slowly = znieś wolno drift slowly
2. drift silently = znieś cicho drift silently
3. quickly drift = szybko znieś quickly drift
4. drift rapidly = znieś szybko drift rapidly
5. drift easily = znieś łatwo drift easily
6. drift right = prawo dryfu drift right
7. drift swiftly = znieś prędko drift swiftly
  • It droned off to the southwest, leaving them standing between the dark earth and the dark blue sky with its swiftly drifting white clouds.
  • It consisted of fine diaphanous vapour drifting swiftly from the westwards.
  • Although Jock worked fast to rig the new tow line, it seemed like an eternity as they drifted swiftly towards the shallows and the waiting enemy.
  • Then, snakelike, it whipped astern as the unmoored rowboat began to drift swiftly backward into the river darkness.
  • The night was a windy one, with broken clouds drifting swiftly across the face of a three-quarter moon.
  • It was a windy day, and the clouds were drifting swiftly across the heavens, with glimpses of blue between.
  • No swiftly drifting islands of scum.
  • There was a brisk breeze, and light, fleecy clouds drifted swiftly across the sky.
  • Beyond was a young fir plantation, and over its olive line there rose a white whirl which drifted swiftly, like a cloud-scud on a breezy day.
  • A cold wind blew up from the sea and ragged clouds drifted swiftly across the sky.
8. drift somewhere = znieś gdzieś drift somewhere
9. drift straight = znieś prosto drift straight
(4) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(5) lazily, gradually, idly
Kolokacji: 3
(6) forward, backward, onward
Kolokacji: 3
(8) low, high
Kolokacji: 2
(9) simply, merely
Kolokacji: 2
(10) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(11) free, faintly, freely, clear
Kolokacji: 4
(12) quietly, steadily
Kolokacji: 2
(13) casually, effortlessly
Kolokacji: 2
(14) constantly, endlessly
Kolokacji: 2

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