Drift in spanish
Deriva
pronunciation: deɹ̩ibɑ part of speech: noun, verb
pronunciation: deɹ̩ibɑ part of speech: noun, verb
In gestures
drift1 = objetivo, propósito, idea principal, sentido.
Example: The main drift of the proceedings concerned national libraries -- their role, functions and financing.more:
» catch + Posesivo + drift = entender, enterarse, enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir.
Example: Shariel sighed and rolled her eyes a little, as Akanan clearly didn't catch her drift.» get + Posesivo + drift = entender, enterarse, enterarse de lo que Uno quiere decir.
Example: 'Nah,' Kate chuckled, getting his drift, and then said 'I would've just barged in there and dared them to throw me out!' = "No" se rió Kate, entendiendo lo que él quería decir, y después dijo "!Hubiera irrumpido y les hubiese retado a echarme a la calle!".drift2 = indefinición, indeterminación.
Example: In American higher education the interregnum between world wars was a time of drift and disappointment.drift3 = deslizarse, desplazarse lentamente, dejarse llevar, derivar, ir a la deriva.
Example: Now that libraries have been catapulted out of the ice age by the online catalogue, they cannot afford to drift through the strong, variable winds of technological change.more:
» continental drift = deriva continental, deriva de los continentes.
Example: The idea of tectonic plates moving together or apart is known as a continental drift.» crowd + drift away = muchedumbre + dispersarse.
Example: She stood back and watched, mouth agape, until the music faded and the crowd drifted away.» drift about = ir a la deriva, derivar.
Example: Anyway, they found an abandoned freight ship that'd been drifting about for 50 years.» drift along = dejarse llevar.
Example: The group of employees seems to 'drift along'.» drift apart = separarse.
Example: UDC was originally based on the fifth edition of DC, and though the two schemes tended to drift apart, there was for some time an attempt to bring them into line again.» drift away = despistarse, perder el norte, perder el rumbo.
Example: Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.» drift away = alejarse a la deriva, ir a la deriva.
Example: When you fail to pay attention to the ones you love the most, you start to drift away.» drift away from = alejarse de, distanciarse de.
Example: When this track is followed, the conversation very quickly drifts away from the book and becomes gossip about ourselves.» drift + downriver = flotar río abajo.
Example: The men tossed out an anchor to stop the boat from drifting downriver but it didn't work.» drift in and out = entrar y salir.
Example: The practical aspects of preservation have drifted in and out of archival priorities over the last half-century.» drift net = traína, traíña, red de pesca a la deriva.
Example: The fishing vessel, known as a drifter, moves slowly downwind while the drift net is paid out until the full length has been put into the water.» drift off = divagar, vagar, desviarse.
Example: The study loses track of its argument at times and drifts off into analyses of the peacemaking process that are not relevant.» snowdrift = ventisquero.
Example: She got partly into the saddle, clung there for a few harrowing seconds, and then went over his head and plump into a snowdrift beside the stable.