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floater

/ˈfləʊ.tə/ /ˈfloʊ.təɹ/

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noun

漂浮物，漂流者

Agent noun of float; one who or that which floats.

Examples :

"The lifeguard rescued the little floater who had drifted too far from shore. "

救生员救起了那个离岸边太远的小漂浮者。

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临时工，替补，补缺人员。

An employee of a company who does not have fixed tasks to do but fills in wherever needed, usually when someone else is away.

Examples :

"Our office has a floater who helps different departments when people are on vacation. "

我们办公室有个替补人员，专门在有人休假的时候帮忙不同的部门。

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散兵游勇，自由球员。

An unaffiliated player.

Examples :

"Since Sarah wasn't on any team, she was considered a floater at the company softball game and filled in wherever needed. "

因为莎拉不在任何队伍里，所以在公司的垒球比赛中，她被当作一个“散兵游勇”，哪里需要就去哪里帮忙。

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noun

游离选民，可以收买的选民

A voter who shifts from party to party, especially one whose vote can be purchased.

Examples :

"During the election, the candidate worried that many voters in the district were floaters, easily swayed by promises or even small gifts from the opposing party. "

选举期间，这位候选人很担心选区里有很多游离选民，他们很容易被对方的承诺，甚至是小恩小惠所收买。

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流动代表, 游动代表

A person, such as a delegate to a convention or a member of a legislature, who represents an irregular constituency, such as one formed by a union of the voters of two counties neither of which has a number sufficient to be allowed a (or an extra) representative of its own.

Examples :

"Because neither County A nor County B had enough residents to warrant their own representative, they combined to elect a single floater to the state legislature. "

由于A县和B县的人口都不足以各自选出自己的代表，所以他们联合起来选举了一位流动代表进入州议会。

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幽灵选民, 非法投票者

Examples :

"During the election investigation, the news reported that a floater had been caught voting multiple times using different names. "

在选举调查期间，新闻报道说，一名幽灵选民被抓到多次使用不同的名字投票。

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闲汉，跑堂的。

An "extra" male at a dinner party, or a young friend of the hostess, whose assignment is to entertain the female guests.

Examples :

"Aunt Millie always invites a "floater" to her dinner parties to make sure all the single women have someone to talk to. "

米莉阿姨总是在她的晚宴上邀请一位“跑堂的”，以确保所有单身女性都有人聊天。

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飞蚊症, 玻璃体漂浮物.

A threadlike speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humour.

Examples :

"The patient reported seeing floaters in their vision, making it difficult to read their textbook. "

病人说他们眼前出现了飞蚊症，一些小黑影飘来飘去，让他们很难看清课本上的字。

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浮尸, 水漂子.

(police jargon) A corpse floating in a body of water.

Examples :

"The police were called to the lake after someone reported a floater near the docks. "

有人报案说码头附近发现了一具浮尸，警察随即赶往湖边。

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漂浮物, 粪漂.

A piece of faeces that floats.

Examples :

"He left a floater in the toilet."

他在马桶里留下了一坨漂浮在水面上的便便.

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蹭子, 边缘人.

(by extension) Someone who attaches themselves to a group of people, much to the dismay of that group, and repeatedly shows up to participate in group activities despite attempts to get rid of, or “flush,” that person.

Examples :

"Despite not being officially on the soccer team, Mark became a real floater, always showing up to practices and games even though the coach kept telling him they were full. "

虽然马克并非球队正式成员，但他简直成了个“蹭子”，明明教练一直说球队满了，他还是总来参加训练和比赛。

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流动保单，浮动保险。

A policy covering property at more than one location or which may be in transit.

Examples :

"My family's homeowner's insurance policy has a floater for our camper, which we take on trips. "

我家房主保险里有一份流动保单，专门保我们的露营车，因为我们会开着它到处旅行。

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浮动利率债券

A floating rate bond.

Examples :

"The city issued a new floater to fund the school renovation project, hoping its adjustable interest rate would attract more investors. "

为了资助学校翻新项目，市政府发行了一种新的浮动利率债券，希望其可调整的利率能够吸引更多投资者。

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漂浮，水面滑行

A maneuver in which a surfer transitions above the unbroken face of the wave onto the lip, or on top of the breaking section of the wave.

Examples :

"The surfer executed a perfect floater, riding briefly on the wave's breaking crest before dropping back down. "

冲浪者完成了一个完美的漂浮动作，短暂地在浪花的顶端滑行后又落回浪中。

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不会转动的硬币，哑币

A coin which does not spin when thrown in the air.

Examples :

"The old quarter I found in the attic was a floater; it just tumbled instead of spinning when I flipped it. "

我在阁楼里找到的那枚旧硬币是个哑币，我抛起来的时候，它只是翻滚，根本不会转。

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肉馅饼漂浮物

A pie floater.

Examples :

"After a long day at the football match, a warm pie floater was the perfect comfort food. "

在漫长的足球比赛日之后，一个热乎乎的肉馅饼漂浮物真是最棒的慰藉食物了。

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人字拖，凉拖。

Examples :

"Because it was so hot, I wore my favorite floater to the beach. "

因为天气太热了，所以我穿了我最喜欢的人字拖去海滩了。

wear style item

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蚌，田蚌。

A kind of river mussel (genus Anodonta).

Examples :

"While wading in the shallow river, we found a large, empty shell, likely from a floater. "

在浅浅的河里趟水时，我们发现了一个很大的空贝壳，很可能是田蚌的。

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黑市书籍，违禁书籍。

A book circulated between prisoners that is not part of the official prison library.

Examples :

""Since Jamal's favorite genre wasn't in the prison library, he relied on a floater to get his science fiction fix." "

因为监狱图书馆里没有贾马尔最喜欢的类型，所以他只能靠一本黑市书籍来解科幻小说的瘾。

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