Floating

(noun.) the act of someone who floats on the water.

(adj.) borne up by or suspended in a liquid; 'the ship is still floating'; 'floating logs'; 'floating seaweed' .

(adj.) inclined to move or be moved about; 'a floating crap game' .

(adj.) not definitely committed to a party or policy; 'floating voters' .

(adj.) (of a part of the body) not firmly connected; movable or out of normal position; 'floating ribs are not connected with the sternum'; 'a floating kidney' .

整理:特蕾西

• Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• These discoveries, added to the long observed fact of coal oil floating on streams in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, led to the search for its natural source. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Floating in deep blue space, it watched her unclouded. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The function of the floating weight is to automatically keep the stylus in close engagement with the record, thus insuring accuracy of reproduction. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Artificial floating islands have been formed by placing lake mud on rafts of wicker-work covered with reeds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He sees some object that's in his way of business, floating. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But it was like a bubble floating in the darkness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The lamp placed against the post by Clym still shone across the water, and the reddleman observed something floating motionless. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Doctor Manette received such patients here as his old reputation, and its revival in the floating whispers of his story, brought him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• On his passage he observed the singular effect produced by the agitation of a vessel containing oil floating on water. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• What seems plainer than that the long toes, not furnished with membrane, of the Grallatores, are formed for walking over swamps and floating plants. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• What Causes Floating Islands? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• You remember the night when I first looked in here, and found you floating your powerful mind in tea? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They were found floating near the margin by a park-keeper. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• To him all particulars appear to be floating about in a world of sense; they have a taint of error or even of evil. 柏拉图. 理想国.

整理:普雷斯利