float1/flot; fləʊt/v 1 [I,T] to stay on the surface of a liquid without sinking, or to make something do this 浮﹔漂﹔使浮起: +on Oil floats on water. 油能浮在水上。+in She was laying floating on her back in the pool. 她仰面浮在泳池里。+down/along/past leaves floating down the river 沿河漂流的树叶float sth down/along etc The huge logs are floated down the river. 巨大的圆木放在河里顺流漂下。2 [I] to stay in the air or move slowly through the air〔在空中〕飘浮: The balloon floated up into the sky. 气球飘向了空中。3 [T] to sell SHARES in a company to the public for the first time 首次发行〔股票〕: The company was floated on the stock market last month. 这家公司上个月上市。
float2n [C] a large vehicle that is decorated to be part of a PARADE 〔游行时用的〕彩车