English-Thai Dictionary
drift
N กอง ดิน กอง หิมะ heap stack mound kong-din
drift
N การเบี่ยงเบน ออกจาก เส้นทาง kan-biang-ben-ook-jak-sen-tang
drift
N ความหมาย ใจความ meaning message kwam-mai
drift
N แนวทาง แนว แนวโน้ม neao-tang
drift
N แรงผลักดัน rang-pak-dan
drift
VI ลอย ปลิว ล่องลอย breeze flit sail float loi
drift
VI หลง หลงทาง พลัด หลง digress depart advance long
drift
VI เร่ร่อน ระหกระเหิน ใช้ชีวิต อย่างไร้ จุดมุ่งหมาย roam wander ramble lea-lon
drift along
PHRV ล่องลอย ไป อย่าง ไร้จุดหมาย แล่น ไป ข้างหน้า อย่าง ไร้จุดหมาย long-loi-pai-yang-rai-jut-mai
drift along
PHRV ไร้ เป้าหมาย (ใน การดำเนินชีวิต ล่องลอย rai-pao-mai
drift apart
PHRV พลัด กัน แยกจาก กัน plad-kan
drift apart
PHRV แยกกัน ห่าง กัน ออก ไป yeak-kan
drift away
PHRV ถูก พัด หรือ พา ให้ ห่าง ออก ไป อย่าง ช้าๆ (โดย ลม กระแสน้ำ drift off tuk-phad-rue-pha-hai-hang-ook-pai-yang-cha-cha
drift away
PHRV เริ่ม (คิด ,รู้สึก ต่างกัน ream-tang-kan
drift in
PHRV ถูก พัดพา ไป พา ไป tuk-phad-pha-hai
drift in
PHRV มาถึง อย่าง เป็น ทาการ ma-tueng-yang-pen-tang-kan
drift off
PHRV ถูก พัด หรือ พา ให้ ห่าง ออก ไป อย่าง ชาๆ (โดย ลม กระแสน้ำ พา ไป drift away tuk-phad-rue-pha-hai-hang-ook-pai-yang-cha-cha
drift out
PHRV ถูก พัด หรือ พา ไป (โดย กระแสน้ำ tuk-phad-rue-pha-pai
drift towards
PHRV ถูก พัด หรือ พา ไป ยัง พัด เข้าหา tuk-phad-rue-pha-pai-yang
drift towards
PHRV เข้าสู่ ทีละน้อย เคลื่อน เข้าหา ทีละน้อย kao-su-te-la-noi
driftage
N วัตถุ ที่ ล่องลอย ปริมาณ กำลัง ลม
driftbolt
N เหล็ก แหลม ก้าน กลม ใช้ เชื่อม ไม้ เข้าด้วยกัน driftpin
driftpin
N เหล็ก แหลม ก้าน กลม ที่ ใช้ เชื่อม ไม้ เข้าด้วยกัน driftbolt
driftweed
N จอก แห น
driftwood
N เศษไม้ ที่ ลอยน้ำ มา
drifty
A ที่ พเนจร ล่องลอย
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DRIFT
n. 1. That which is driven by wind or water, as drift seems to be primarily a participle. Hence,
2. A heap of any matter driven together; as a drift of snow, called also a snow-drift; a drift of sand.
3. A driving; a force impelling or urging forward; impulse; overbearing power or influence; as the drift of a passion.
4. Course of any thing; tendency; aim; main force; as the drift of reasoning or argument; the drift of a discourse.
5. Any thing driven by force, as a drift of dust; a log or a raft driven by a stream of water, without guidance.
6. A shower; a number of things driven at once; as a drift of bullets.
7. In mining, a passage cut between shaft and shaft; a passage within the earth.
8. In navigation, the angle which the line of a ships motion makes with the nearest meridian, when she drives with her side to the wind and waves, and is not governed by the helm. Also, the distance which the ship drives on that line.
9. The drift of a current, is its angle and velocity.
DRIFT
v.i. 1. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
2. To float or be driven along by a current of water; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore.
DRIFT
v.t.To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.
DRIFTED
pp. Driven along; driven into heaps.
DRIFTING
ppr. Driving by force; driving into heaps.
DRIFT-SAIL
n.In navigation, a sail used under water, veered out right ahead by sheets.
DRIFT-WAY
n.A common way for driving cattle in.
DRIFT-WIND
n.A driving wind; a wind that drives things into heaps.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DRIFT
Drift, n. Etym: [From drive; akin to LG. & D. drift a driving, Icel.drift snowdrift, Dan. drift, impulse, drove, herd, pasture, common, G. trift pasturage, drove. See Drive. ]
1. A driving; a violent movement. The dragon drew him [self ] away with drift of his wings. King Alisaunder (1332 ).
2. The act or motion of drifting; the force which impels or drives; an overpowering influence or impulse. A bad man, being under the drift of any passion, will follow the impulse of it till something interpose. South.
3. Course or direction along which anything is driven; setting. "Our drift was south. " Hakluyt.
4. The tendency of an act, argument, course of conduct, or the like; object aimed at or intended; intention; hence, also, import or meaning of a sentence or discourse; aim. He has made the drift of the whole poem a compliment on his country in general. Addison. Now thou knowest my drift. Sir W. Scott.
5. That which is driven, forced, or urged along; as: (a ) Anything driven at random. "Some log. .. a useless drift. " Dryden. (b ) A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc. , esp. by wind or water; as, a drift of snow, of ice, of sand, and the like. Drifts of rising dust involve the sky. Pope. We got the brig a good bed in the rushing drift [of ice ]. Kane.
(c ) A drove or flock, as of cattle, sheep, birds. [Obs. ] Cattle coming over the bridge (with their great drift doing much damage to the high ways ). Fuller.
6. (Arch. )
Defn: The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments. [R.] Knight.
7. (Geol.)
Defn: A collection of loose earth and rocks, or boulders, which have been distributed over large portions of the earth's surface, especially in latitudes north of forty degrees, by the agency of ice.
8. In South Africa, a ford in a river.
9. (Mech. )
Defn: A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.
1 . (Mil. ) (a ) A tool used in driving down compactly the composition contained in a rocket, or like firework. (b ) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.
11. (Mining )
Defn: A passage driven or cut between shaft and shaft; a driftway; a small subterranean gallery; an adit or tunnel.
12. (Naut. ) (a ) The distance through which a current flows in a given time. (b ) The angle which the line of a ship's motion makes with the meridian, in drifting. (c ) The distance to which a vessel is carried off from her desired course by the wind, currents, or other causes. (d ) The place in a deep-waisted vessel where the sheer is raised and the rail is cut off, and usually terminated with a scroll, or driftpiece. (e ) The distance between the two blocks of a tackle.
13. The difference between the size of a bolt and the hole into which it is driven, or between the circumference of a hoop and that of the mast on which it is to be driven.
Note: Drift is used also either adjectively or as the first part of a compound. See Drift, a. Drift of the forest (O. Eng. Law ), an examination or view of the cattle in a forest, in order to see whose they are, whether they are commonable, and to determine whether or not the forest is surcharged. Burrill.
DRIFT
Drift, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drifting. ]
1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east. We drifted o'er the harbor bar. Coleridge.
2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
3. (mining )
Defn: to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]
DRIFT
DRIFT Drift, v. t.
1. To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body. J. H. Newman.
2. To drive into heaps; as, a current of wind drifts snow or sand.
3. (Mach. )
Defn: To enlarge or shape, as a hole, with a drift.
DRIFT
DRIFT Drift, a.
Defn: That causes drifting or that is drifted; movable by wind or currents; as, drift currents; drift ice; drift mud. Kane. Drift anchor. See Sea anchor, and also Drag sail, under Drag, n. -- Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch. -- Drift net, a kind of fishing net. -- Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.
DRIFTAGE
DRIFTAGE Drift "age, n.
1. Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
2. Anything that drifts.
DRIFTBOLT
DRIFTBOLT Drift "bolt `, n.
Defn: A bolt for driving out other bolts.
DRIFTLESS
DRIFTLESS Drift "less, a.
Defn: Having no drift or direction; without aim; purposeless.
DRIFTPIECE
DRIFTPIECE Drift "piece ", n. (Shipbuilding )
Defn: An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail.
DRIFTPIN
DRIFTPIN Drift "pin `, n. (Mech. )
Defn: A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.
DRIFTWAY
DRIFTWAY Drift "way `, n.
1. A common way, road, or path, for driving cattle. Cowell. Burrill.
2. (Mining )
Defn: Same as Drift, 11.
DRIFTWEED
DRIFTWEED Drift "weed `, n.
Defn: Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin.
DRIFTWIND
DRIFTWIND Drift "wind `, n.
Defn: A driving wind; a wind that drives snow, sand, etc. , into heaps. Beau. & Fl.
DRIFTWOOD
DRIFTWOOD Drift "wood `, n.
1. Wood drifted or floated by water.
2. Fig. : Whatever is drifting or floating as on water. The current of humanity, with its heavy proportion of very useless driftwood. New Your Times.
DRIFTY
DRIFTY Drift "y, a.
Defn: Full of drifts; tending to form drifts, as snow, and the like.
New American Oxford Dictionary
drift
drift |drift drɪft | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 be carried slowly by a current of air or water: the cabin cruiser started to drift downstream | figurative : excited voices drifted down the hall. • [ with adverbial of direction ] (of a person ) walk slowly, aimlessly, or casually: people began to drift away. • [ with adverbial ] move passively, aimlessly, or involuntarily into a certain situation or condition: I was drifting off to sleep | Lewis and his father drifted apart. • (of a person or their attention ) digress or stray to another subject: I noticed my audience's attention drifting. 2 (esp. of snow or leaves ) be blown into heaps by the wind: fallen leaves start to drift in the gutters | (as adj. drifting ) : drifting snow. ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] a continuous slow movement from one place to another: there was a drift to the towns. • the deviation of a vessel, aircraft, or projectile from its intended or expected course as the result of currents or winds: the pilot had not noticed any appreciable drift. • a steady movement or development from one thing toward another, esp. one that is perceived as unwelcome: the drift toward a more repressive style of policing. • a state of inaction or indecision: after so much drift, any expression of enthusiasm is welcome. 2 [ in sing. ] the general intention or meaning of an argument or someone's remarks: maybe I'm too close to the forest to see the trees, if you catch my drift . he didn't understand much Greek, but he got her drift . 3 a large mass of snow, leaves, or other material piled up or carried along by the wind. • Geology glacial and fluvioglacial deposits left by retreating ice sheets. • a large mass of flowering plants growing together: a drift of daffodils. 4 Mining a horizontal or inclined passage following a mineral vein or coal seam. DERIVATIVES drift y adjective ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘mass of snow, leaves, etc ’): originally from Old Norse drift ‘snowdrift, something driven ’; in later use from Middle Dutch drift ‘course, current ’; related to drive .
drifter
drift er |ˈdriftər ˈdrɪftər | ▶noun 1 a person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job. 2 a fishing boat equipped with a drift net.
driftfish
drift fish |ˈdriftˌfiSH ˈdrɪftˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or driftfishes ) a slender-bodied bottom-dwelling fish found in the deeper waters of warm seas. [Family Nomeidae (or Stromateidae ): several genera, in particular Ariomma. ]
drift ice
drift ice ▶noun detached pieces of ice drifting with the wind or ocean currents.
drift net
drift net |drɪft nɛt |(also driftnet ) ▶noun a large net for herring and similar fish, kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift with the tide. DERIVATIVES drift net ter noun, drift net ting noun
drift pin
drift pin ▶noun a steel pin driven into a hole in a piece of metal to enlarge, shape, or align the hole.
driftway
drift |way ▶noun Brit. historical a broad route along which cattle or sheep used to be driven to market.
driftwood
drift wood |ˈdriftˌwo͝od ˈdrɪf (t )ˌwʊd | ▶noun pieces of wood that are floating on the sea or have been washed ashore.
Oxford Dictionary
drift
drift |drɪft | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 be carried slowly by a current of air or water: the cabin cruiser started to drift downstream | figurative : excited voices drifted down the hall. • [ with adverbial of direction ] walk slowly, aimlessly, or casually: people began to drift away. • [ with adverbial ] move passively, aimlessly, or involuntarily into a certain situation or condition: I was drifting off to sleep. • (of a person or their attention ) digress or stray to another subject: I noticed my audience's attention drifting. 2 (especially of snow or leaves ) be blown into heaps by the wind: fallen leaves start to drift in the gutters | (as adj. drifting ) : long stretches of drifting snow. ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] a continuous slow movement from one place to another: there was a drift to the towns. • [ mass noun ] the deviation of a vessel, aircraft, or projectile from its intended or expected course as the result of currents or winds: the pilot had not noticed any appreciable drift. • a steady movement or development from one thing towards another that is perceived as unwelcome: the drift towards a more repressive style of policing. • [ mass noun ] a state of inaction or indecision. • Motor Racing a controlled skid, used in taking bends at high speeds. 2 [ in sing. ] the general intention or meaning of an argument or someone's remarks: maybe I'm too close to the forest to see the trees, if you catch my drift . he didn't understand much Greek, but he got her drift . 3 a large mass of snow, leaves, or other material piled up or carried along by the wind. • [ mass noun ] Geology glacial and fluvioglacial deposits left by retreating ice sheets. • a large spread of flowering plants growing together: a drift of daffodils. 4 Mining a horizontal or inclined passage following a mineral vein or coal seam. 5 Brit. historical an act of driving cattle or sheep. • an act of herding cattle within a forest to a particular place on an appointed day in order to determine ownership or to levy fines. 6 S. African a ford. PHRASAL VERBS drift apart (of two or more people ) gradually become less intimate or friendly: Lewis and his father drifted apart. DERIVATIVES drifty adjective ( driftier, driftiest ) ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘mass of snow, leaves, etc. ’): originally from Old Norse drift ‘snowdrift, something driven ’; in later use from Middle Dutch drift ‘course, current ’, and (in sense 6 of the noun ) South African Dutch drift ‘ford ’; related to drive .
drifter
drift ¦er |ˈdrɪftə | ▶noun 1 a person who is continually moving from place to place, without any fixed home or job. 2 a fishing boat equipped with a drift net.
driftfish
drift |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or driftfishes ) a slender-bodied bottom-dwelling fish found in the deeper waters of warm seas. ●Family Nomeidae (or Stromateidae ): several genera, in particular Ariomma.
drift ice
drift ice ▶noun [ mass noun ] detached pieces of ice drifting with the wind or ocean currents.
drift net
drift net ▶noun a large net for herring and similar fish, kept upright by weights at the bottom and floats at the top and allowed to drift with the tide. DERIVATIVES drift netter noun, drift netting noun
drift pin
drift pin ▶noun a steel pin driven into a hole in a piece of metal to enlarge, shape, or align the hole.
driftway
drift |way ▶noun Brit. historical a broad route along which cattle or sheep used to be driven to market.
driftwood
drift |wood |ˈdrɪftwʊd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] pieces of wood which are floating on the sea or have been washed ashore.
American Oxford Thesaurus
drift
drift verb 1 his raft drifted down the river: be carried, be borne; float, bob, waft, meander. 2 the guests drifted away: wander, meander, stray, putter, dawdle. 3 don't allow your attention to drift: stray, digress, deviate, diverge, veer, get sidetracked. 4 snow drifted over the path: pile up, bank up, heap up, accumulate, gather, amass. ▶noun 1 a drift from the country to urban areas: movement, shift, flow, transfer, relocation, gravitation. 2 the pilot had not noticed any drift: deviation, digression. 3 he caught her drift: gist, essence, meaning, sense, substance, significance; thrust, import, tenor; implication, intention; direction, course. 4 a drift of deep snow: pile, heap, bank, mound, mass, accumulation.
drifter
drifter noun a lonesome drifter who had come from parts unknown: wanderer, traveler, transient, roamer, itinerant, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, hobo, bum.
Oxford Thesaurus
drift
drift verb 1 his life raft drifted back over the horizon: be carried, be carried (away /along ), be borne, be wafted; float, bob, move slowly, go with the current, coast, meander. 2 the guests drifted away from the centre of the room: wander, wander aimlessly, roam, rove, meander, stray, coast; potter, dawdle, dally; Brit. informal mooch. 3 don't allow your attention to drift: stray, digress, depart, diverge, veer, swerve, deviate, get sidetracked; rare divagate. 4 snow had drifted deep over the path: pile up, bank up, heap up, accumulate, gather, form heaps /drifts, amass. PHRASES drift off informal again, I felt myself drifting off: doze off, drop off, fall asleep, go to sleep; informal nod off, go off, crash, crash out, flake out. ▶noun 1 there was a drift from the country to the urban areas: movement, shift, flow, transfer, transferral, relocation, gravitation. 2 the pilot had not noticed any appreciable drift: deviation, digression, veering, straying. 3 he caught the drift of her thoughts: gist, essence, core, meaning, sense, thesis, substance, significance, signification; thrust, import, purport, tenor, vein, spirit; implication, intention, direction, course, tendency, trend. 4 a drift of deep snow: pile, heap, bank, mound, mass, accumulation, dune, ridge.
drifter
drifter noun wanderer, traveller, transient, roamer, tramp, vagabond, vagrant, person of no fixed abode; N. Amer. hobo; Austral. /NZ informal derro.
Duden Dictionary
Drift
Drift Substantiv, feminin , die Trift |Dr i ft |die Drift; Genitiv: der Drift, Plural: die Driften aus dem Niederdeutschen < mittelniederdeutsch drift, zu treiben 1 a durch den Wind erzeugte Strömung an der Meeresoberfläche b unkontrolliertes Treiben [eines Schiffes ] auf dem Wasser 2 durch Strömung fortbewegtes Treibgut
driften
drif ten schwaches Verb |dr i ften |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »ist « (besonders auf dem Wasser ) treiben das Boot driftete nach Südwest
driftig
drif tig Adjektiv |dr i ftig |treibend
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
drift
drift /drɪft /〖語源は 「追いやる (drive )」〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 自動詞 1 〖drift (＋副詞 )〗〈物などが 〉 (水 風などの動きにより )漂う , 流れる, 漂流する ; 〈人 物が 〉ゆっくり動く, 移動する (!副詞 は方向などの表現 ) ▸ drift down a river 川を流れ下る ▸ drifting clouds 浮き雲 ▸ The peasants will drift to the city .農民たちは都市に流れるだろう .2 ｟時に非難して ｠〖drift (+副詞 )〗〈人が 〉 (目的もなく )さまよい進む , ふらふらする, 放浪する ; (…に )いつの間にかなる (!副詞 は方向などの表現 ) ▸ Some people just drift around [along ] through life .一生をただぶらぶらと過ごす人もいる ▸ I drifted into this job .私は成り行きでこの仕事についた .3 〈人 物 話などが 〉 «…から /…に » (知らぬ間に )移りかわる «from /to, into » ▸ drift into sleep いつの間にか眠り込む ▸ drift in and out of consciousness 意識がもうろうとする ▸ The argument drifted from one topic to another .議論はある話題から別の話題へと移っていった 4 〈雪 砂などが 〉 (風によって )吹き寄せられる, 吹きだまる ; 〈音が 〉 (風に )運ばれてくる .5 〈価格などが 〉ゆるやかに変動する .他動詞 1 〈物 人など 〉を漂流させる, 吹き [押し ]ながす .2 〈風が 〉〈雪 砂など 〉を吹き寄せる .dr ì ft ap á rt 〈人間関係が 〉疎遠になる .dr ì ft ó ff 1 居眠りする ; ぼんやりする ; 【眠りなどに 】落ちる «to » .2 ゆっくり離れる .l è t A dr í ft 1 A 〈視線 思考など 〉を漂わせる, さまよわせる .2 A 〈事 人など 〉を成り行きにまかせる .名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 C (雪 砂などの )吹き寄せ, 吹きだまり; (水 風などによる )浮遊物, 漂流物 ▸ massive drifts of sand 大量の砂の吹きだまり 2 ｟くだけて ｠〖the /one's ～〗(話の )趣旨, 流れ, 言いたいこと ▸ get [catch, follow ] the general drift of the conversation 会話のおよその流れをつかむ 3 〖単数形で 〗(状態 意見などの ) «…への » ゆるやかな変化, 展開, 傾向 «to, toward » ▸ the drift of public opinion 世論の大勢 4 U 漂流 ; (潮 風の )流れ ; 流速 ▸ on the drift 漂流して 5 〖単数形で 〗(大勢の人々の ) «…から /…への » 動き, 移動 «from /to, into » .6 U C a. 〘空 〙偏流 .b. 〘海 〙流圧差 〘風や潮流で船の針路がずれること 〙.7 C 花を付ける植物の大群 .8 U 成り行きまかせ .9 C ｟南ア ｠浅瀬 .10 C 〘鉱 〙横坑 .11 C 〘機 〙ドリフトピン 〘工具の一種 〙.12 U 〘カーレース 〙ドリフト, 横すべり .13 U 〘地 〙氷河性堆積 （たいせき ）物 .～́ ì ce 流氷 .～́ n è t 流し網 .
drifter
dr í ft er 名詞 C 1 ｟非難して ｠流れ者, 放浪者 .2 流し網漁をする船 .
driftwood
dr í ft w ò od 名詞 U 流木 .
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