中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
1.漂浮的，浮动的，流动性的。
2.【医学】游离的。
3.移动的；不定的。
4.(涂工的)第二道(漆等)。
5.(船货)未到埠的，在海上的，在运输中的。
短语和例子
floating address 浮动地址，可变通信处。 floating exchange rate 浮动汇率。 floating capital 游资，流动资本。 a floating debt 流动债务，短期债务。 floating money 游资。 a floating pier [stage] 浮码头。 the floating population 流动人口。 floating tool 【机械工程】浮动工具。 floating trade 海上贸易。

the act of someone who floats on the water
同义词：natation,

borne up by or suspended in a liquid; "the ship is still floating"; "floating logs"; "floating seaweed"

not definitely committed to a party or policy; "floating voters"

(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"

inclined to move or be moved about; "a floating crap game"

continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
同义词：aimless, drifting, vagabond, vagrant,

例句与用法

We came up with a floating rebate plan .
我们想出了一个浮动回扣计划。

There was n't enough water to float the ship .
没有足够的水让船浮起来。

The next tide will float the ship .
下次满潮时船就可以浮起来了。

The ship ran afoul of the floating seaweed .
船只和漂浮的海草纠缠在一起。

The parachutist floated gently down to earth .
跳伞者轻飘飘地降落到地上。

We watched the logs floating towards the mill ..
我们看着木头朝磨坊漂去。

The swirling dust floated in the sky .
一团团的尘土打着旋儿，在空中飞扬。

Sunset clouds float with the lone wild ducks .
落霞与孤鹜齐飞。

This isle was then floating and unstable .
这座小岛漂浮在水面上并且不稳定。

Let me float a couple of ideas .
让我来谈两三点意见仅供参考。