vi.

1. 漂，漂流
   He watched the boat drift downstream.

   他看着船向下游漂去。

2. 漂泊，游荡
   Many country girls drifted into cities to seek work.

   许多农村姑娘流入城市找工作。

3. 吹积
4. 渐渐趋向[（+towards）]
   The firm is drifting towards bankruptcy.

   那家商行快要破产了。

5. 逐渐陷入[（+into）]
6. 逐渐地睡着了[（+off）]

vt.

1. 使漂流
2. 使吹积
   The strong wind drifted the snow in piles.

   大风将雪吹刮成堆。

n.

1. 漂流；漂移[C][U]
   There is a drift of farmers to the cities.

   农民流向城市。

2. 漂流物；堆积物[C]
3. 倾向，趋势[U][C]
4. 要旨，大意[S1]
   I didn't get the drift of his argument.

   我没有听懂他论点的要领。

   I can't quite catch the drift of his speech.

   我不甚了解他演讲的大意。

v.

1. be carried slowly by a current of air or water.
2. walk slowly or casually.
   ▸move aimlessly or involuntarily into a certain situation or condition:

   Lewis and his father drifted apart.
3. (chiefly of snow) be blown into heaps by the wind.

n.

1. a continuous slow movement from one place to another.
   ▸deviation from an intended course because of currents or winds.
   ▸Motor Racing  a controlled skid, used in taking bends at high speeds.
   ▸Brit. historical an act of driving cattle or sheep.
2. the general meaning of someone's remarks:
   he didn't understand much Greek, but he got her drift.
3. a large mass of snow or other material piled up by the wind.
   ▸Geology  deposits left by retreating ice sheets.
4. a state of inaction or indecision.
5. Mining  a passage following a mineral vein or coal seam.
6. S. African a ford.