a float in a parade
花车；彩车，常用于游行或庆典。
She rode on a float in the parade and threw candy to the crowd.
她坐在游行队伍的花车上，向人群扔糖果。
游泳浮板；花车；彩车；冰淇淋漂浮；木筏；木排；流通股；公众持股量
用于在水或其他液体中支撑物体的浮力装置。
A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
支票存入银行到支付之间的时间间隔
the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment
由木材或木板组成的木筏,通过水流运送。
A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
公众可交易的流通股数量
the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public
浮板。
A float board.
漂浮着冰淇淋的饮料
a drink with ice cream floating in it
类似锉刀的工具,用于各种行业。
A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
用于完成混凝土表面或抹平灰泥的抹子。
A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.
用于游行或庆典展示的精心装饰的拖车或车辆。
An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.
用于游泳池的泡沫浮动玩具。
A floating toy made of foam, used in swimming pools.
已承诺支付但尚未支付的资金。
Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.
已开出但尚未结算并记入账户的支票或其他汇票总额。
The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.
已收取但尚未支付的保险费。
Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.
浮点数,尤其是精度低于双精度的浮点数。
A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
一种软饮料,里面漂浮着一勺冰淇淋。
A soft beverage with a scoop of ice cream floating in it.
在营业开始时放入收银机的小额现金,以便找零。
A small sum of money put in a cashier's till, or otherwise secured, at the start of business, to enable change to be made.
一种策略,玩家在翻牌或转牌时用弱牌跟注,意图在后续公共牌出现后进行诈唬。
A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
一种纬线,跨过两个或多个经线(或较少见的,经线跨过纬线)。
A weft thread that passes over two or more warp threads (or less commonly, warp over weft).
在使用多种纱线编织时,穿过一个或多个针脚的松散纱线。
A loose strand of yarn that passes behind one or more stitches when knitting with multiple yarns.
一种装饰性杆,部分长度不附着在篮子主体上。
A decorative rod that extends over the body of a basket without being attached for part of its length.
汽车运输车或卡车和拖车组合。
A car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination.
低板拖车。
A lowboy trailer.
用于大理石加工的抛光块；跑道。
A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
一种霹雳舞动作,身体平行于地面,同时用一只或两只手支撑。
A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
网页上的一种视觉风格,使样式元素漂浮在其他元素之上或旁边。
A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
管水母的充气囊、袋或体；气囊。
The gas-filled sac, bag, or body of a siphonophore; a pneumatophore.
在版面设计中,其位置不在正文内流动,而是漂浮在外的任何对象(元素),通常松散地锚定在其中的某些位置(引用、标注):图形(图像)、表格、框、拉引语、装饰或其他漂浮元素。
Any object (element) whose location in composition (page makeup, pagination) does not flow within body text but rather floats outside of it, usually anchored loosely (in buoy metaphor) to spots within it (citations, callouts): a figure (image), table, box, pull quote, ornament, or other floated element.
The bank's float policy determines when your check funds become available.
银行的浮存政策决定了你的支票资金何时可用。
用法提示：这里'float'作为名词，指支票清算的时间间隔。
The company's stock float is relatively small, making it more volatile.
这家公司的流通股数量相对较少，使其股价更易波动。
用法提示：这里'float'指公开交易的股票数量。
I ordered a root beer float with vanilla ice cream.
我点了一杯根汁汽水漂浮冰淇淋。
用法提示：这里'float'指一种冰淇淋浮在饮料上的甜点。
花车；彩车，常用于游行或庆典。
She rode on a float in the parade and threw candy to the crowd.
她坐在游行队伍的花车上，向人群扔糖果。
指系在钓线等物上、能浮在水面的装置。
The float on the fishing line dipped when the fish took the bait.
鱼咬钩时，钓线上的浮子沉了一下。
指上面浮着冰淇淋的饮料。
He ordered a float made with cola and a scoop of ice cream.
他点了一杯用可乐和一个冰淇淋球做的漂浮饮料。
金融用语，指可供公众交易的流通股数量。
Investors worried about the large float of shares available for trading.
投资者担心可交易的流通股数量过多。
多指固定在水中的大型浮标，用于导航、系泊或指示位置；不指钓线上的小浮子，也不指泳池浮板。
美式口语，特指钓线上的小球形浮子，有鱼咬钩时会下沉；不能指导航浮标或泳池浮板，比 float 更具体。
本义是软木塞，钓鱼时可临时用作浮子；不能泛指所有浮具，日常语境中更常指瓶塞。
grammar · medium
易错句子The children watched many colorful float in the parade.
正确表达The children watched many colorful floats in the parade.
many 后面必须接可数名词的复数形式。float 表示“花车”时是可数名词，而汉语名词没有复数形态，学习者容易漏掉词尾的 -s；改为 floats 才能与 many 在数上保持一致。
grammar · medium
易错句子I need float to swim in the pool.
正确表达I need a float to swim in the pool.
可数名词单数泛指某一事物时前面要加不定冠词 a/an。汉语没有冠词系统，学习者常把冠词整个省略；float 指“游泳浮板”时是可数名词单数，必须说 a float。
针对名词义项“浮子/浮筒”（漂浮于水面的支撑或指示装置）：sinker 是与 float 相对的工具，靠重力使钓线沉入水底，二者不可互换。
游行花车
The parade float was covered in bright flowers.
那辆游行花车上挂满了鲜艳的花朵。
根汁汽水冰淇淋饮料
She bought a root beer float at the ice cream shop.
她在冰淇淋店买了一杯根汁汽水冰淇淋饮料。
泳池浮具
The kids each had a pool float in the pool.
孩子们在泳池里每人都有一个泳池浮具。
钓鱼浮标
He attached a small fishing float to the line.
他在鱼线上系了一个小鱼漂。
股票流通量
A small stock float can make a stock very volatile.
流通股少会使股票波动很大。
支票在途时间
A longer check float can cause cash-flow problems.
较长的支票在途时间可能导致现金流问题。
float（漂浮物）通常在水面上使用，属于同一场景。
浮板、浮具等常在游泳池中出现。
在海滩玩水时常用到漂浮装置。
游泳是使用浮具的主要活动之一。
救生衣与漂浮装置都用于水上安全。
像蝴蝶般飞舞，像蜜蜂般蜇人。
Muhammad Ali, the world-famous boxer, coined this phrase to describe his boxing style: light and evasive like a butterfly, then sharp and powerful like a bee. It is often quoted in sports and motivational contexts.
世界著名拳击手穆罕默德·阿里的名言，用来形容他的拳击风格：像蝴蝶一样轻盈闪避，像蜜蜂一样精准凶狠。常被用于体育和励志场合。
我们都在下面漂浮。
The terrifying line spoken by the evil clown Pennywise in Stephen King's novel and the movies 'It'. It refers to the dead children's bodies floating in the sewers, and has become a widely recognized horror-movie quote.
斯蒂芬·金的小说和电影《小丑回魂》中，邪恶小丑Pennywise说出这句骇人的台词，暗指下水道里漂浮的孩子们的尸体。这句话已成为广为人知的恐怖电影台词。
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