"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
  • He could see now, and looked all around him as the parachute drifted lower.
  • The clouds were drifting low, and there was not a star in the sky.
  • The sun drifted low in the west and the air grew cooler.
  • Her gaze settled on his strong back, then drifted lower.
  • Soon boat lights drifted low in the darkness and I could not see the water.
  • He allowed the boat to drift low, only thirty feet above the dunes.
  • As the paraglider drifted lower, Austin saw someone club another person to the ground.
  • Unemployment among both black and Hispanic workers, already the lowest in a generation, drifted even lower last month.
  • After the strong opening, crude drifted steadily lower throughout the session.
  • Her head rolled on his chest as his hand drifted low.
2. drift high = dryf wysoki drift 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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