漂流
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English
- to float on the current
- to drift along or about
- rafting
- to be carried along on the water; to be driven by the current; in literature, it imply following a fashion or trend mindlessly or consciousness but helplessly
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容某物件被水流帶走,隨水流動嘅狀態。喺文學上,引申無力對抗歷史時勢而有意識或無意識咁跟隨潮流。
Examples
落葉隨水飄流。
Fallen leaves float along the river.
我已經喺水上飄流咗三日嚹!
I have been carried along on the water for three days.
架漁船沉咗之後,三個漁民喺海上飄流咗廿四小時先至得到救援。
After the fishing boat sank, three fishermen had been driven by the current in the sea for 24 hours before they were rescued.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk