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raft

B1 noun
us /ɹæft/

raft /ɹɑːft/ nghĩa là vô số, rất nhiều

Các nghĩa

  1. vô số, rất nhiều

    A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.

    They floated down the river on an inflatable raft

  2. Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.

    broadly

  3. A thick crowd of aquatic birds, particularly a group floating on the surface of the water.

    collective

    Pelicans, bills stuck forward, would gather in small rafts to move along in comical formation, before diving in unison […]

    Occasionally, there was a large black raft of birds far out at sea.

  4. A group of aquatic mammals, especially otters and especially when visible on the surface of the water.

    broadly · collective

    A raft of otters at rest in the river.

    News of Smith's discovery of the South Shetland Islands, and of the rafts of seals along their shores, spread quickly.

    a raft of otters was feeding at the depth of three hundred feet (50 fathoms)

  5. A group of alligators or crocodiles, especially when floating in water with their backs visible above the surface.

    collective

    She even pointed out a bank where a raft of crocodiles lay dozing, baking their scaly backs in the sun.

    navigation was obstructed by a raft of alligators

  6. A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.

    us

+ 2 nghĩa khác

  1. A slice of toast.

    us · slang

  2. A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.

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