raft 音标拼音: [r'æft]
n . 筏,救生艇,大量
vi . 乘筏
vt . 筏运,制成筏
筏,救生艇,大量乘筏筏运,制成筏
raft n 1 :
a flat float (
usually made of logs or planks )
that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers 2 : (
often followed by `
of ')
a large number or amount or extent ;
"
a batch of letters "; "
a deal of trouble "; "
a lot of money ";
"
he made a mint on the stock market "; "
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos "; "
it must have cost plenty "; "
a slew of journalists "; "
a wad of money " [
synonym :
{
batch }, {
deal }, {
flock }, {
good deal }, {
great deal },
{
hatful }, {
heap }, {
lot }, {
mass }, {
mess }, {
mickle }, {
mint },
{
mountain }, {
muckle }, {
passel }, {
peck }, {
pile }, {
plenty },
{
pot }, {
quite a little }, {
raft }, {
sight }, {
slew }, {
spate },
{
stack }, {
tidy sum }, {
wad }]
v 1 :
transport on a raft ; "
raft wood down a river "
2 :
travel by raft in water ; "
Raft the Colorado River "
3 :
make into a raft ; "
raft these logs "
Raft \
Raft \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Rafted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Rafting }.]
To transport on a raft ,
or in the form of a raft ;
to make into a raft ;
as ,
to raft timber .
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1913 Webster ]
Raft \
Raft \ (
r [.
a ]
ft ),
obs .
imp . &
p .
p .
of {
Reave }. --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
Raft \
Raft \,
n . [
Originally ,
a rafter ,
spar ,
and fr .
Icel .
raptr a rafter ;
akin to Dan .
raft ,
Prov .
G .
raff a rafter ,
spar ;
cf .
OHG .
r [=
a ]
fo ,
r [=
a ]
vo ,
a beam ,
rafter ,
Icel .
r [=
a ]
f roof .
Cf . {
Rafter },
n .]
1 .
A collection of logs ,
boards ,
pieces of timber ,
or the like ,
fastened together ,
either for their own collective conveyance on the water ,
or to serve as a support in conveying other things ;
a float .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
A collection of logs ,
fallen trees ,
etc . (
such as is formed in some Western rivers of the United States ),
which obstructs navigation . [
U .
S .]
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1913 Webster ]
3 . [
Perhaps akin to raff a heap .]
A large collection of people or things taken indiscriminately . [
Slang ,
U .
S .] "
A whole raft of folks ." --
W .
D .
Howells .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Raft bridge }.
(
a )
A bridge whose points of support are rafts .
(
b )
A bridge that consists of floating timbers fastened together .
{
Raft duck }. [
The name alludes to its swimming in dense flocks .] (
Zool .)
(
a )
The bluebill ,
or greater scaup duck ; --
called also {
flock duck }.
See {
Scaup }.
(
b )
The redhead .
{
Raft port } (
Naut .),
a large ,
square port in a vessel '
s side for loading or unloading timber or other bulky articles ;
a timber or lumber port .
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1913 Webster ]
Reave \
Reave \ (
r [=
e ]
v ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Reaved } (
r [=
e ]
vd ),
{
Reft } (
r [
e ^]
ft ),
or {
Raft } (
r [.
a ]
ft ) (
obs .);
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Reaving }.] [
AS .
re ['
a ]
fian ,
from re ['
a ]
f spoil ,
plunder ,
clothing ,
re ['
o ]
fan to break (
cf .
bire ['
o ]
fan to deprive of );
akin to G .
rauben to rob ,
Icel .
raufa to rob ,
rj [=
u ]
fa to break ,
violate ,
Goth .
bir ['
a ]
ub [=
o ]
n to despoil ,
L .
rumpere to break ;
cf .
Skr .
lup to break . [
root ]
114 .
Cf . {
Bereave },
{
Rob },
v .
t ., {
Robe }, {
Rove },
v .
i ., {
Rupture }.]
To take away by violence or by stealth ;
to snatch away ;
to rob ;
to despoil ;
to bereave . [
Archaic ]. "
To reave his life ."
--
Spenser .
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1913 Webster ]
He golden apples raft of the dragon . --
Chaucer .
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If the wooers reave By privy stratagem my life at home . --
Chapman .
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To reave the orphan of his patrimony . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
The heathen caught and reft him of his tongue .
--
Tennyson .
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1913 Webster ]
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "
raft ":
Carling float ,
balsa ,
balsa raft ,
barge ,
batch ,
boat ,
bob ,
boom ,
buoy ,
bus ,
cart ,
coach ,
considerable ,
cork ,
deal ,
dray ,
ferry ,
float ,
gobs ,
good deal ,
great deal ,
haul ,
heap ,
heaps ,
lashings ,
life buoy ,
life preserver ,
life raft ,
lighter ,
loads ,
lot ,
lots ,
mess ,
mint ,
oodles ,
pack ,
peck ,
pile ,
piles ,
pontoon ,
pot ,
quite a little ,
rafts ,
scads ,
ship ,
sight ,
sled ,
sledge ,
slew ,
slews ,
spate ,
stack ,
stacks ,
surfboard ,
tidy sum ,
truck ,
van ,
wad ,
wads ,
wagon ,
wheelbarrow ,
whole slew
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