音标：[ә'flәut] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

a. 飘浮着的, 在海上的, 浸满水的, 在进行中的
adv. 飘浮着, 在海上, 浸满水, 在进行中

a. borne on the water; floating
s. covered with water

词性分布：

形容词100%

afloat的用法和样例：

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

A ship is afloat.一条船漂浮在水上。
The boat stayed afloat throughout the storm.暴风雨期间,这艘船一直在海上漂。
The inheritance kept them afloat for years.遗产使他们好多年免于经济困难。
The lower deck is afloat.下层甲板浸满了水。
It's afloat that she is going to marry.传说她要结婚。

用作副词(adv.)

The ship stuck fast on the rocks and we couldn't get it afloat again.船牢牢地搁浅在礁石上,我们无法使它再浮起来。
Which do you prefer, life on land or life afloat?你喜欢哪一种生活，陆上生活还是水上生活？
They set rumours afloat about her.他们散布有关她的谣言。
He kept the business afloat.他努力使商行维持下去。

词汇搭配

stay afloat继续浮在水面...
afloat contact浮动接点,浮动触点...
afloat evaporimeter漂浮蒸发计
discharge afloat[法] 船上卸货...
keep afloat使漂浮不沉, 使流通...
goods afloat未卸货物
currency afloat流通中货币
cargo afloat业经装船之货...
afloat goods在途货物
set afloat着手

经典引文

Whatever is afloat in the stream of time.
出自：S. Johnson
Enough to stock all the smoke-rooms of all the liners afloat.
出自：M. Innes

【近义词】

floating浮动的
contingent代表团
awash被淹没的
flooded充满的，充斥的...
under water在水下面
submerged水下的
directionless无方向的
adrift漂流地
overflowing溢出物
undirected无目标的
rudderless无指导者的
planless无图形的
inundated洪泛的
aimless无目的的

【反义词】

aground搁浅的
ashore在岸上

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