"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
(4) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(5) lazily, gradually, idly
Kolokacji: 3
1. drift lazily = znieś leniwie drift lazily
2. gradually drift = stopniowo znieś gradually drift
3. drift idly = znieś bezczynnie drift idly
  • Her mind drifted idly, wondering what ultimately would happen between Paul and herself.
  • Drifting idly in the Gulf, the yacht lay to as the plane began to circle overhead.
  • But no, for his words drifted idly by through 2011.
  • Jack's blue gaze, which had been idly drifting the room, returned to Harry's face.
  • His eyes drifted idly over the verdant shore less than a mile away.
  • Thick watched me as I drifted idly around the small cottage.
  • He drew deep on his cigarette and looked up at the blue sky and idly drifting clouds.
  • Then it drifted idly back behind the rock, and Molly dared to breathe again.
  • She sat quietly across from him, letting her eyes drift idly about the room.
  • Our little craft had been drifting idly, rising and falling with the great waves that were now diminishing.
(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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