"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 gently = znieś łagodnie drift gently
  • The line seemed to have drifted slightly to the left.
  • He put out a hand to steady himself as his body drifted slightly.
  • Roger's attention drifted slightly, as he began to plan the research for this project.
  • They had drifted slightly away from the others, having let their safety lines play out to the full length.
  • All systems had been shut down; she lay dead, drifting slightly in space.
  • "You don't have to be going very fast to drift slightly to the left or right and run aground."
  • They had dropped sail and drifted slightly on a calm sea.
  • She passed out of the perimeter, and found Human sitting quietly, ash drifting slightly against his legs.
  • A few testers did note, however, that our particular test model seemed to drift to the left slightly at highway speeds.
  • They also had an operator hidden in the box to reset the focus on the mouth if it did drift slightly out of the light.
3. drift lightly = znieś lekko drift lightly
4. drift softly = znieś łagodnie drift softly
(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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