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/ræfts/ /rɑːfts/

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noun

木筏，竹筏

A flat-bottomed craft able to float and drift on water, used for transport or as a waterborne platform.

Examples :

"An inflatable raft. A log raft."

充气木筏. 原木木筏.

nautical vehicle environment

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noun

木筏，浮排

(by extension) Any flattish thing, usually wooden, used in a similar fashion.

Examples :

"After the storm, debris formed rafts of leaves and branches floating down the street. "

暴风雨过后，街道上漂浮着由树叶和树枝组成的一片片浮排。

nautical vehicle

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noun

一群（海鸟或海兽），尤指（水中）一群企鹅

A thick crowd of seabirds or sea mammals, particularly a group of penguins when in the water.

Examples :

"From the tour boat, we could see several rafts of penguins bobbing in the icy water, waiting to climb onto the shore. "

从游览船上，我们能看到好几群企鹅 (penguin rafts) 在冰冷的海水中上下漂动，等待着爬上岸。

animal bird nature ocean biology environment group

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noun

木筏，木排.

A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. which obstructs navigation in a river.

Examples :

"The river was dangerous because of the rafts of fallen trees blocking the boat's path. "

这条河很危险，因为河里有大量漂浮的木头和倒下的树木，挡住了船的去路。

environment nautical geography

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noun

烤面包片

(when ordering food) A slice of toast.

Examples :

""I'll have scrambled eggs and two rafts of toast, please." "

我要一份炒鸡蛋，再来两片烤面包。

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noun

阵列，筏

A square array of sensors forming part of a large telescope.

Examples :

"The telescope's main camera uses several rafts of sensors to capture detailed images of distant stars. "

这台望远镜的主摄像头使用多个传感器阵列（如同筏子一样排列）来捕捉遥远恒星的详细图像。

astronomy technology space device

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verb

用筏运送，筏运.

To convey on a raft.

Examples :

"The lumber company rafts logs down the river to the sawmill. "

这家木材公司用木筏把木头沿河运到锯木厂。

nautical sailing vehicle

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verb

把...做成筏子，用筏子运送

To make into a raft.

Examples :

"After the storm, the villagers had to rafts the fallen trees together to create a temporary bridge. "

风暴过后，村民们不得不把倒下的树木做成木筏，搭建一座临时桥梁。

nautical action

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verb

乘筏，漂流

To travel by raft.

Examples :

"We plan to rafts down the river next summer during our vacation. "

我们计划明年夏天度假的时候乘筏顺流而下。

nautical sailing

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verb

停靠，浮动停靠。

To dock (toolbars, etc.) so that they share horizontal or vertical space.

Examples :

""The software rafts the formatting toolbar to the top of the screen, next to the file menu, to save space." "

为了节省空间，这个软件会把格式工具栏浮动停靠在屏幕顶部的文件菜单旁边。

computing technology internet

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noun

很多，大量

A large (but unspecified) number, a lot.

Examples :

"The school had a raft of new students this year. "

今年学校来了大量的新生。