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afloat

B2 adv

afloat /əˈfloʊt/ nghĩa là nổi, lơ lửng

Các nghĩa

  1. nổi, lơ lửng

    In or into a state of floating.

    not-comparable

    You have so little Brains, that a Penn’orth of Butter melted under ’um, would set ’um afloat:

    […] I went down to my Boat, got the Water out of her, and got her afloat, loaded all my Cargo in her, and then went Home again for more;

    Oh why is heaven built so far, / Oh why is earth set so remote? / I cannot reach the nearest star / That hangs afloat.

  2. trên biển, trên mặt nước

    In, or while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water; at sea.

    not-comparable

    […] that trade […] may likewise employ many useful hands both ashore and afloat,

    They was the roughest crew afloat, was Flint’s; the devil himself would have been feared to go to sea with them.

    Navy chow ashore is rarely as good as it is afloat, and for enlisted men it is usually much worse.

  3. chìm dưới nước (mang vật nổi)

    Under water (bearing floating objects).

    not-comparable

  4. lưu hành, lưu thông

    In or into circulation or currency.

    figuratively · not-comparable · usually

    setting a lie aflote

    […] I shall not be judged fairly; it will get afloat that I am not a good girl,