raft

noun

1. 木排；筏
   a flat structure made of pieces of wood tied together and used as a boat or floating platform
2. 橡皮艇；充气船
   a small boat made of rubber or plastic that is filled with air
   1. an inflatable raft
      可充气的橡皮筏
3. 大量；许多
   a large number or amount of sth
   1. a whole raft of new proposals
      大量新的提议

1. N-COUNT 木排；木筏；筏子
   A raft is a floating platform made from large pieces of wood or other materials tied together.
   1. ...a river trip on bamboo rafts through dense rainforest.
      坐竹筏穿过茂密雨林的河上之旅
2. See also: The crew spent two days and nights in their raft. life raft
3. N-COUNT 大堆；大量
   A raft of people or things is a lot of them.
   1. He has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical...
      他周围聚集了一大群偏激的顾问。
   2. This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries.
      这可能会带动消费性支出和一大批消费工业的复苏。

1. Raft repeatedly hurled verbal abuse at his co-star.
   拉夫特不断地破口大骂和他联合主演的演员。
2. 'Are you sure the raft is safe?' she asked anxiously. 'Couldn't be safer,' Max assured her confidently
   “你确定木筏安全吗？”她不安地问道。“再安全不过了，”马克斯信心十足地向她保证道。
3. The raft bobbed along more quietly.
   小木筏更加平静地漂浮向前。
4. I didn't count on his capsizing the raft.
   我没有想到他会把筏子弄翻。
5. The raft gathered speed as the current dragged it toward the falls.
   水流将木筏拽向瀑布，木筏的速度越来越快。
6. I made for the life raft and hung on for dear life.
   我游到救生筏前，死命地抓住它。
7. The crew spent two days and nights in their raft.
   船员在救生筏上呆了两天两夜。
8. He has surrounded himself with a raft of advisers who are very radical
   他周围聚集了一大群偏激的顾问。
9. This is likely to revive consumer spending and a whole raft of consumer industries.
   这可能会带动消费性支出和一大批消费工业的复苏。
10. Another theory is that it was used as a raft, which is more plausible.
    另一个理论是，这是运用了筏的原理，这种理论更加的可信。
11. After further adventures alone on a raft he eventually reached the island.
    他独自乘着木筏，经历了很多艰险，终于到了岛上。
12. An extensive parametric analysis is also made to study the behaviors of piled raft.
    文中还对桩筏基础进行了较为广泛的参数分析。
13. It's like what's happening now with the raft.
    就和现在的竹筏一样。
14. We're seizing their raft.
    我们夺了他们的筏子。
15. You won't need that raft for a while.
    你这一段时间应该不需要那个木筏了。
16. But it's like a free-floating life raft that we know that we're not married.
    但是它就像一只在水面上漂着的救生筏，有了它，我们就知道我们没有结婚。
17. I lost my damn glasses on the raft.
    在竹筏上我把我的眼镜弄掉了。
18. Your raft was already on fire when he arrived.
    他到的时候你的筏子已经着火了。
19. Vibration isolation and underwater acoustic radiation test of ship cabin floating raft system;
    本文对船舶浮筏装置的抗基础冲击特性进行了理论分析与试验研究。
20. And the raft is gone, and he is all alone.
    筏不在了，他孤身一人。
21. He made a daily raft out of the towel stand, the tea trsy, and his pillows.
    他用手巾架、茶盘和枕头做了一只日用的木筏。
22. The proposed method could be readily used to analyze the large piled raft foundation.
    此方法可以用来分析大规模桩筏基础，具有较好的工程应用前景。
23. He sailed across the Atlantic in his self-made raft.
    他乘着自制的竹筏跨越了大西洋。
24. Research on Design Method of Space Truss of Pile Caps and Raft
    桩基承台和筏板的空间桁架设计方法研究
25. The raft was only partially inflated.
    筏子只充了一部分气。
26. You burned my raft? Why'd you burn my raft?
    你烧了我的筏子？你为什么要烧了我的筏子？
27. A method is proposed for the settlement and inner force analysis of rigid pile composite foundation raft system.
    提出一种分析刚性桩复合地基&筏板基础相互作用体系内力和变形的实用方法。
28. I was running a raft on the mississippi.
    我在密西西比河上划着筏子。
29. Is my building a raft to get us rescued bothering you?
    我造让大家逃生的筏子烦到你了吗？
30. We found the shipwrecked sailors on a raft.
    我们在一个木筏子上找到了失事船只的船员。

noun

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
   1. a batch of letters
   2. a deal of trouble
   3. a lot of money
   4. he made a mint on the stock market
   5. see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
   6. it must have cost plenty
   7. a slew of journalists
   8. a wad of money

   Synonym:    batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmassmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littlesightslewspatestacktidy sumwad

verb

1. make into a raft
   1. raft these logs

2. travel by raft in water
   1. Raft the Colorado River

3. transport on a raft
   1. raft wood down a river