drift nell'Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Traduzioni di drift nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.drift [ingl brit drɪft, ingl am drɪft] SOST

1. drift (flow, movement):

the drift of the current

le sens du courant

to be carried downstream by the drift of the current

être emporté en aval par le courant

the drift of events fig

le cours des événements

the drift from the land

l'exode m rural

the drift of refugees to the border

l'afflux m des réfugiés à la frontière

the slow drift of strikers back to work

le lent retour des grévistes au travail

2. drift (ocean current):

drift also GEOL

dérive f

North Atlantic drift

dérive nord-atlantique

3. drift (deviation):

drift (of projectile)

dérivation f

drift (of ship, plane)

dérive f

4. drift (mass):

drift (of snow)

congère f

drift (of leaves, sand)

tas m

drift (of leaves, sand)

amoncellement m

drift (of smoke, mist)

nuage m

drift (of smoke, mist)

traînée f

the rain/snow was falling in drifts

il y avait des bourrasques de pluie/de neige

5. drift (general meaning):

drift

sens m (général)

to catch the drift of sb's argument

comprendre où quelqu'un veut en venir

I don't catch or follow your drift

je ne comprends pas où vous voulez en venir

get the drift colloq?

tu piges? colloq

6. drift GEOL (glacial deposit):

drift

drift m

drift

sédiments mpl glaciaires

7. drift (in mining):

drift

galerie f en allongement

8. drift LING:

drift

évolution f

9. drift:

drift ELETTR, RADIO

dérive f

II.drift [ingl brit drɪft, ingl am drɪft] VB vb intr

1. drift (be carried):

drift (by tide, current) boat:

dériver

drift (by wind) balloon:

voler à la dérive

drift smoke, fog:

flotter

to drift out to sea

dériver vers le large

to drift off course boat:

dériver hors-cap

to drift off course plane:

dériver hors de route

to drift downstream

être emporté or entraîné en aval par le courant

to drift onto the rocks

s'échouer sur les rochers

clouds drifted across the sky

des nuages traversaient le ciel

mist was drifting in from the sea

il y avait de la brume qui venait de la mer

voices drifted into the garden

des voix parvenaient dans le jardin

2. drift (pile up):

drift snow:

former des congères fpl

drift leaves:

s'amonceler

drifting snow

des bourrasques fpl de neige

drifted snow

des congères

3. drift:

to drift along person lett

flâner

to drift along fig

se laisser aller

to drift around or about the house

traîner sans but dans la maison

the strikers are drifting back to work

les grévistes retournent progressivement au travail

to drift into/out of the room

entrer dans une/sortir d'une pièce d'un pas nonchalant

to drift from job to job

passer d'un emploi à un autre

to drift from town to town

errer de ville en ville

to drift through life

errer sans but dans la vie

the country is drifting towards recession/war

le pays glisse vers la récession/la guerre

I'm content to let things drift

je me borne à laisser les événements suivre leur cours

4. drift (stray) fig:

to drift into teaching/publishing

se retrouver dans l'enseignement/l'édition

to drift into crime/prostitution

sombrer dans la criminalité/la prostitution

the conversation drifted onto politics

la conversation a dérivé vers la politique

continental drift SOST

continental drift

dérive f des continents

drift apart VB [ingl brit drɪft -, ingl am drɪft -]

drift apart friends, couple, lovers:

drift apart

se détacher progressivement (from de)

we have drifted apart

nous sommes moins proches qu'avant

drift away VB [ingl brit drɪft -, ingl am drɪft -]

drift away

s'éloigner (from de)

drift away (from belief etc)

s'éloigner progressivement (from de)

drift net SOST

drift net

filet m dérivant

drift anchor SOST

drift anchor

ancre f flottante

drift ice SOST U

drift ice

glaces fpl flottantes

drift off VB [ingl brit drɪft -, ingl am drɪft -]

1. drift off (doze off):

drift off

s'assoupir

2. drift off (leave):

drift off

s'en aller lentement

North Atlantic Drift SOST

North Atlantic Drift

dérive f nord-atlantique

Traduzioni di drift nel dizionario francese»inglese

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dérive

drift

dérive nationaliste

nationalist drift

dérive

drift

aller ou partir à la dérive

to drift away

dérive (déviation)

drift

dérive

drift

dérive

drift

dérive des continents GEOG

continental drift

drift nel dizionario PONS

Traduzioni di drift nel dizionario inglese»francese

I.drift [drɪft] SOST

1. drift (slow movement):

drift

mouvement m

drift of ship

dérive f

drift of current

sens m

drift of events

cours m

downward drift

écroulement m

downward drift of prices

effondrement m

2. drift METEOR (mass blown together):

drift

amoncellement m

drift of sand

dune f

drift of snow

congère f

drift of clouds

traînée f

3. drift (central meaning):

drift

sens m général

to catch sb's drift

comprendre où qn veut en venir

4. drift TECN (tool):

drift

jet m (d'extraction)

II.drift [drɪft] VB vb intr

1. drift (be moved):

drift a. fig

dériver

drift smoke, voice

flotter

drift attention

se relâcher

to drift out to sea

dériver sur la mer

2. drift (move aimlessly):

drift

errer

to drift away

partir nonchalamment

to drift along

se laisser aller

to drift into sth

se laisser aller à qc

3. drift METEOR (be piled into drifts):

drift sand

s'entasser

drift of snow

former des congères

drift VB

Contributo di un utente

drift into sleep (to fall asleep)

se laisser emporter par le sommeil

drift off VB vb intr

drift off

s'assoupir

to drift off to sleep

se laisser gagner par le sommeil

drift apart VB vb intr

drift apart friends:

drift apart

se perdre de vue

drift ice no pl SOST

drift ice

glaces fpl flottantes

drift sand no pl SOST

drift sand

sable m mouvant

Traduzioni di drift nel dizionario francese»inglese

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dériver barque

to drift

dérive d'un avion, bateau

drift

dérive des continents

continental drift

partir à la dérive

to drift

s'amonceler neige

to drift

flotter brouillard

to drift

drift Esempi dal dizionario PONS (verificati dalla Redazione)

to drift off to sleep

se laisser gagner par le sommeil

to drift with the current

se laisser porter au gré des courants

downward drift

écroulement m

downward drift of prices

effondrement m

to catch sb's drift

comprendre où qn veut en venir

to drift out to sea

dériver sur la mer

to drift away

partir nonchalamment

to drift along

se laisser aller

to drift into sth

se laisser aller à qc

to drift in and out of work

bricoler

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

inglese

The friends begin to drift apart, as they are compelled to stay within their cliques.

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Drift ice is carried along by winds and sea currents, hence its name.

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Drift ice consists of "floes", individual pieces of sea ice 20 m or more across.

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Most of the injuries and fatalities were to miners who leapt from the spake and were thrown back under the trolley due to the narrowness of the drift shaft.

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It was designed to protect the canal from floods and drift ice, and entered service in 1873.

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That doesn't mean you can take a hairpin turn at 50 miles per hour and drift the car around cones and stuff like that.

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Unfortunately though, some below par performances saw him drift from the team somewhat, though he did still start 30 games over the season.

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After burning 17 hours, the barge's mooring lines gave way and the barge began to drift.

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An initial genetic drift could have caused differences in allele frequency distribution that have not been re-established due to a certain level of geographic isolation.

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In order for there to be a net flow of charge, the particles must also move together with an average drift rate.

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