drifter
drifter 英 [ˈdrɪftə(r)] 美 [ˈdrɪftɚ]
n. 流浪汉；漂流物；漂网渔船
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- n. 流浪汉；漂流物；漂网渔船
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1. As a young man, after a Cambridge education, he stumbled into a career as a drifter, a collector of butterflies and author of strange books.
在剑桥接受教育后，他一个年青人，却茫然地开始了一个流浪汉的生涯，后来成了蝴蝶的收藏家和一些奇怪的书的作者。
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2. But the squid's titanic reputation is slowly being deflated, thanks in part to a new study that says the creature is no more than a sluggish, gelatinous drifter.
但乌贼的盛名正被慢慢地削弱，部分地归结于最新的一项研究，研究表明它只不过是个行动缓慢、呈凝胶状的浮游生物。
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3. Before, he had been a sober, industrious individual, well respected and destined for success. Afterwards, he was a foul-mouthed drunkard, a drifter and a failure.
在此之前，他还是一个从不饮酒过量的、勤奋的人；但是事故发生后就变成了一个满口污言秽语的酒鬼、一个流浪汉、一个失败的人。
- drifter (n.) 1864, as a mining term; 1883, "boat fishing with drift-nets;" agent noun from drift (v.). Meaning "vagrant" is from 1908.
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