float的意思|float的解释-里氏词典

Float \Float\, v. t.
1. To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface
of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor.

Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock.
--Southey.

2. To flood; to overflow; to cover with water.

Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands. --Dryden.

3. (Plastering) To pass over and level the surface of with a
float while the plastering is kept wet.

4. To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial
scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable it to go
into, or continue in, operation.

Float \Float\ (fl[=o]t), n.[OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS.
flota ship, fr. fle['o]tan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet,
G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta.
[root] 84. See {Fleet}, v. i., and cf. {Flotilla}, {Flotsam},
{Plover}.]
1. Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid,
as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the
liquid surface, or mark the place of, something.
Specifically:
(a) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and
conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
(b) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet,
which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler.
(c) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait
line, and indicate the bite of a fish.
(d) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink;
an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to
swim; a life preserver.
(e) The hollow, metallic ball which floats on the fuel in
the fuel tank of a vehicle to indicate the level of
the fuel surface, and thus the amount of fuel
remaining.
(f) A hollow elongated tank mounted under the wing of a
seaplane which causes the plane to float when resting
on the surface of the water.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

This reform bill . . . had been used as a float
by the conservative ministry. --J. P.
Peters.

2. A float board. See {Float board} (below).

3. (Tempering) A contrivance for affording a copious stream
of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk,
as an anvil or die. --Knight.

4. The act of flowing; flux; flow. [Obs.] --Bacon.

5. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot
deep. [Obs.] --Mortimer.

6. (Plastering) The trowel or tool with which the floated
coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.

7. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.
--Knight.

8. A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers
for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

9. A coal cart. [Eng.] --Simmonds.

10. The sea; a wave. See {Flote}, n.

11. (Banking) The free use of money for a time between
occurrence of a transaction (such as depositing a check
or a purchase made using a credit card), and the time
when funds are withdrawn to cover the transaction; also,
the money made available between transactions in that
manner.
[PJC]

12. a vehicle on which an exhibit or display is mounted,
driven or pulled as part of a parade. The float often is
based on a large flat platform, and may contain a very
elaborate structure with a tableau or people.
[PJC]

{Float board}, one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of
an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel;
-- a vane.

{Float case} (Naut.), a caisson used for lifting a ship.

{Float copper} or {Float gold} (Mining), fine particles of
metallic copper or of gold suspended in water, and thus
liable to be lost.

{Float ore}, water-worn particles of ore; fragments of vein
material found on the surface, away from the vein outcrop.
--Raymond.

{Float stone} (Arch.), a siliceous stone used to rub
stonework or brickwork to a smooth surface.

{Float valve}, a valve or cock acted upon by a float. See
{Float}, 1
(b) .

Float \Float\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Floated}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Floating}.] [OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float,
swim, fr. fle['o]tan. See {Float}, n.]
1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed
up.

The ark no more now floats, but seems on ground.
--Milton.

Three blustering nights, borne by the southern
blast,
I floated. --Dryden.

2. To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to
drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on
the surface of a fluid, or through the air.

They stretch their broad plumes and float upon the
wind. --Pope.

There seems a floating whisper on the hills.
--Byron.

In Earth's gravity, when materials like the astronauts are testing are mixed, the lighter one tends to float to the top. Hilmers said in zero gravity it was more like a yolk floating inside the egg white.
I had to keep ducking down to get it cool." He saw bodies float past and then was rescued.
Filmy dresses in soft colors seemed to float down the runway. Suits, sometimes with deep decolletes, and pant suits cut on a bias guaranteed the feminine touch.
Growing expectations of a realigment in the exchange-rate mechanism of the European Monetary System, a joint float of eight European currencies, were heightened Friday when the French franc reached another low against the West German mark.
'It was probably always going to be difficult to float any company associated with PPI,' said an Istanbul banker. A quest was then launched for a minority partner to help Vestel expand its product range in the European market.
Reflecting those hopes, the oil market let crude prices float lower.
But the words float in an atmosphere of unreality.
A pilot trying to become the first aviator to fly around the world in a float plane got tangled in some Soviet red tape on the second day of his voyage.
Then, when the time is ripe, it will float.
Organizers at both pavilions said their theaters were filled to capacity for every performance, with many viewers waiting several hours for a chance to float through the air while still safely seated.
The IMF leaders also will float informally separate ideas on currency coordination.
It is due to float next month.
'Immediately after the float the shares went up by 1p a day for two-and-a-half months.' The group quickly turned its attention to growing the core businesses of catering and healthcare.
Gasoline tends to float on the water's surface, and authorities said water systems served by the river could close their intakes until the gasoline floats past.
Unlike most new investment trusts, it has been operating for decades and came to market merely to float its existing portfolio, rather than raise new money. The quarter also featured a few disappointments.
Mr. Kessler adds that Chrysler might also be the victim of too much success in recent years: "They walk on water and float two feet off the ground.
In other words, should Mr Norman Lamont or any successor as chancellor restore sterling to the exchange rate mechanism (ERM) or perpetuate the present punch-drunk float?
PILKINGTON, the UK glass group, is preparing to invest Pounds 40m to help build Poland's first float glass plant.
A holder that controls about 20% of the Hadson Energy shares that are in the public float said he has reservations about the offer.
In May, the FCC is expected to float another trial balloon on regulating the company.
The flight from the krona after the Finnish float gives some indication of what might hit sterling if the Italian Lira is the subject of a unilateral downward realignment.
A bigger float would, however, have led to a smaller overhang in the market from the stake retained by British & Commonwealth.
From a political and economic view it would be better to let the pound float.
She rode a float with other children with cancer.
In Japan, those who subscribed for shares in the NTT telecom float lost fortunes, since the Ministry of Finance sought to wring the maximum proceeds from the sale as the stock market bubble of the late 1980s neared its peak.
The whales use the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, a 6-million-acre protected zone, because high salt content helps pregnant females float and give birth, said Jorge Hernandez, a marine biologist for a committee that oversees the reserve.
Thai authorities aborted the group's original plans to float helium-filled balloons containing the leaflets across the river, which also runs through Cambodia and Vietnam.
Often forgotten is that it is also the stock-in-trade of the 650 MPs themselves. Unattributably - 'strictly no fingerprints, please, old boy' - MPs and ministers use it to badmouth rivals, promote themselves or to 'float' policy proposals.
The same sonorous pastels float through his huge paintings looming over the Met's bar and restaurant, where you can drink yourself silly getting through an evening like this one.
Honeywell, for example, had been asking for bids in Switzerland, but decided instead to float mark bonds.

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