Word · Frequency #22787
driftwood
漂流木；浮木
wood that is floating on water or has been washed ashore
- 1.
Floating wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
随水流漂浮的木头；浮木。
- 2.
Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.
被冲上岸的浮木。
随水流漂浮的木头；浮木。；被冲上岸的浮木。；漂流木；浮木
In use
The beach was covered with driftwood after the storm.
We collected some driftwood to build a small fire on the shore.
She made a picture frame out of a piece of driftwood.
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。
be made of driftwood
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。
driftwood floats on [water]
float 为不及物动词，后接地点时用介词 on 或 in。
Connections
Collocations
- a piece of driftwood
- 一块浮木
- He picked up a piece of driftwood on the shore.他在岸边捡起一块浮木。
- burn driftwood
- 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。
- driftwood sculpture
- 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。
- gather driftwood
- 收集浮木
- The children gathered driftwood along the waterline.孩子们沿着水边收集浮木。
- driftwood fire
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
drift（漂流）+ wood（木头），想象一根木头随水漂流到岸边。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
通常作不可数名词；复数形式 driftwoods 指多块或多种漂流木。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -wood 结尾，第二音节均为轻读的 /wʊd/，与 driftwood 的词尾一致。但它们都不是完全押韵，因为重音落在各词的第一个音节上（如 FIREwood /ˈfaɪərwʊd/、DRIFTwood /ˈdrɪftwʊd/），且重读元音不同。wood /wʊd/ 单独成词时重读，与 driftwood 也不构成完美韵，不能仅凭拼写判断读音。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.