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a piece of driftwood
driftwood 常作不可数名词，表示“一块”时用 a piece of。
He picked up a piece of driftwood and threw it into the fire.
他捡起一块浮木，把它扔进火里。
漂流木；浮木
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漂流木；浮木
wood that is floating on water or has been washed ashore
He picked up a piece of driftwood and threw it into the fire.
他捡起一块浮木，把它扔进火里。
随水流漂浮的木头；浮木。
Floating wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
被冲上岸的浮木。
Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.
The beach was covered with driftwood after the storm.
暴风雨过后，海滩上到处是浮木。
We collected some driftwood to build a small fire on the shore.
我们捡了一些浮木，好在岸边生一小堆火。
She made a picture frame out of a piece of driftwood.
她用一块浮木做了一个相框。
driftwood 常作不可数名词，表示“一块”时用 a piece of。
He picked up a piece of driftwood and threw it into the fire.
他捡起一块浮木，把它扔进火里。
be made of 强调制作材料可见；若材料性质改变则用 be made from。
The sculpture on the beach is made of driftwood.
海滩上的那座雕塑是用浮木做的。
float 为不及物动词，后接地点时用介词 on 或 in。
Driftwood floats on the river for days before sinking.
浮木在河里漂浮数日才沉下去。
Not this
I found a driftwood on the beach.
Use this
I found a piece of driftwood on the beach.
driftwood 在这个义项下是不可数名词，不能直接与 a 搭配；表示“一根/一块”时要说 a piece of driftwood。
Not this
How many driftwood did you collect?
Use this
How much driftwood did you collect?
driftwood 是不可数名词，不能用 many 修饰，也不用 how many 提问；表示数量要用 how much。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一块浮木
He picked up a piece of driftwood on the shore.
他在岸边捡起一块浮木。
烧浮木（生火）
We burned dry driftwood on the beach bonfire.
我们在海滩篝火上烧了干燥的浮木。
浮木雕塑
The artist made a beautiful driftwood sculpture.
这位艺术家做了一件漂亮的浮木雕塑。
收集浮木
The children gathered driftwood along the waterline.
孩子们沿着水边收集浮木。
浮木火堆
They sat around a driftwood fire on the beach.
他们坐在海滩上的浮木火堆旁。
无家可归的人；漂泊者
The documentary tells the stories of the human driftwood of the city, people living without homes or purpose.
这部纪录片讲述了这座城市中漂泊者的故事，他们无家可归，没有目的。
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drift（漂流）+ wood（木头），想象一根木头随水漂流到岸边。
语域：neutral 常见场景：beach and shoreline descriptions、craft and decoration projects driftwood 是普通名词，通常不带明显的正式或非正式语体色彩。多用于描述海岸边漂浮或冲上岸的木头，比较常见于景观描述和手工艺、装饰等场景。
通常作不可数名词；复数形式 driftwoods 指多块或多种漂流木。
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