漂浮 – vocab dash

漂浮piāofú

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Meanings

1. to float

2. to hover

3. to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life)

4. to rove

5. showy

6. superficial

Characters used

漂to float 浮to float

Examples4

油yóu漂浮piāofú在zài水上shuǐshàng。

Oil will float on water.

木头mùtou会huì漂浮piāofú。

Wood floats.

池塘chítáng里lǐ漂浮piāofú着zhe零星língxīng的de几jǐ片piàn落叶luòyè。

A few fragments of dead leaves floated on the pond.

她tā觉得juéde浑身húnshēn不自在bùzìzai，尽管jǐnguǎn这个zhège奇怪qíguài孩子háizi的de身体shēntǐ可能kěnéng坐zuò在zài桌子zhuōzi旁páng，但dàn她tā的de精神jīngshén却què在zài风尘fēngchén云雾yúnwù中zhōng遥不可及yáobùkějí，高gāo高gāo地de于yú想象力xiǎngxiànglì的de翅膀chìbǎng上shàng漂浮piāofú。

She had an uncomfortable feeling that while this odd child's body might be there at the table her spirit was far away in some remote airy cloudland, borne aloft on the wings of imagination.