"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
(8) low, high
Kolokacji: 2
1. drift lower = dryf niższy drift lower
2. drift high = dryf wysoki drift high
  • The snow had drifted deep and high, covering everything.
  • A boat took him out to where one of the rafts drifted high.
  • The sea was very blue and white cotton-wool clouds drifted high in the evening sky.
  • He drifted high over the city, a cold wind keening around his shell.
  • The flames and smoke drifted high into the morning air.
  • Chinese lanterns are lit, and they drift high into the night sky.
  • The large black dragon drifted high in the sky, waiting.
  • The snow had drifted some four feet high in places.
  • They drifted high across the outpost, moving southwest on a steady wind.
  • At the edge of the frozen river was a place where snow had drifted eight meters high.
(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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