"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
(6) forward, backward, onward
Kolokacji: 3
1. drift forward = znieś do przodu drift forward
  • When the car ahead had gone through, Dan drifted forward.
  • We lay there, drifting slowly forward, ice all round us.
  • Our guide drifted forward, and we set out to follow her, walking close together.
  • He had actually succeeded in drifting forward and downward again, when the voice drew him to a stop once more.
  • Now he was out of the slowly spinning drum and drifting forward into the control deck.
  • In complete silence the two men drifted forward together, looking about them.
  • The figure drifted forward and there was a sudden gleam of teeth.
  • The three sailors had all drifted forward, to the head of the line.
  • As she drifted forward, columns rose around them, green with algae.
  • The men drift forward, spreading out along the water.
2. drift backward = znieś do tyłu drift backward
3. drift onward = dryf dalszy drift onward
(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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