漂流
piāo​liú

drift

漂流 piāo​liú
drift verb
to float on the current or drift along or about in water or air, literally or figuratively

由于发动机故障，那艘船在海面上漂流了好几天。

yóu​yú fā​dòng​jī gù​zhàng, nà sōu chuán zài hǎi​miàn shàng piāo​liú le hǎo​jǐ tiān.

Due to an engine failure, the ship drifted at sea for several days.

rafting verb
the sport or recreational activity of traveling down a river on a raft

山上的溪流湍急，非常适合进行漂流运动。

shān​shàng de xī​liú tuān​jí, fēi​cháng shì​hé jìn​xíng piāo​liú yùn​dòng.

The mountain streams are rapid and very suitable for white-water rafting.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
2.38 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.95 per million

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Definitions
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Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)