afloat
afloat /əˈfloʊt/ nghĩa là nổi
Các nghĩa
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nổi
Floating.
A rubber duck and other toys were afloat in the bath.
On such a full sea are we now afloat; / And we must take the current when it serves, / Or lose our ventures.
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ở trên tàu, trên biển
In, or found while in, a vessel at sea or on another body of water.
[…] that trade […] may likewise employ many useful hands both ashore and afloat,
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bay phấp phới, tung bay
Floating in the air; flowing freely; not tied, braided, etc. (of hair or clothing)
her black hair loose and a-float down her dazzling white neck
unbound silvery-gold tresses afloat beneath a jeweled coronet
[…] she roars down the street, dreads and feathers and cape afloat,
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ngập nước, đầy vật nổi
Covered with water, bearing floating objects.
The decks are afloat.
The yard was afloat. Jody looked out of the window and saw two drowned biddies floating about with upturned bellies.
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tràn ngập, đầy
Covered, overspread, filled (with or in something).
The larch-wood was afloat with clear, lyric green,
The world was afloat in primrose light, pale and exquisite.
The lobby was afloat with men, single and married, meeting pretty women in bright dresses and pants suits, single and married.
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xoay xở đủ sống, không nợ nần
Having just enough resources to continue to operate; barely able to pay expenses; (of a private individual, family, etc.) keeping one's head above water.
The donation will keep our business afloat for quite a while.
They somehow manage to keep "afloat," so as to obtain the needful funds to pay their passages and to purchase, tools and rations.
The clan handouts that kept other Somalis afloat were absent here, as the Yibros were so few and so poor.
+ 1 nghĩa khác
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được lan truyền, đồn đại
Believed or talked about by many people; being passed from person to person.
The supervisor was never fired, though countless accusations of dishonesty were afloat.
[…] she and I were accepted, whatever ugly rumours had been afloat in the past year, as man and wife.