名詞 raft:

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
   同義詞：batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew

動(dòng)詞 raft:

1. transport on a raft
2. travel by raft in water
3. make into a raft

1. The raft was floating gently down the river.
   筏子順河水緩緩漂流。
2. Many people get away from the wrecked ship on a raft.
   許多人乘救生艇離開遇難的船。
3. We found the shipwrecked sailors on a raft.
   我們?cè)谝粋€(gè)木筏子上找到了失事船只的船員。

raft

n.（名詞）
A flat structure, typically made of planks, logs, or barrels, that floats on water and is used for transport or as a platform for swimmers.
木排：一種扁平的構(gòu)造，通常用厚板、圓木或桶扎成，在水上漂浮，用于運(yùn)輸或給游泳者用作平臺(tái)
A flat-bottomed inflatable craft for floating or drifting on water:
筏子：一種平底的可充氣的，用于在水上漂浮或漂流：
例句：
shooting the rapids in a rubber raft.
使橡皮充氣船快速行駛

v.（動(dòng)詞）
raft.ed,raft.ing,rafts
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To convey on a raft.
用木排運(yùn)送
To make into a raft.
做成木排
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To travel by raft.
坐木排旅行

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old Norse raptr [beam, rafter]
源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 raptr [橫梁，椽]

raft
raft 2

n.Informal （名詞）【非正式用語】
A great number, amount, or collection:
許多，大量，大批：
例句：
asked a raft of questions.
問了許多問題

來源：
Alteration of dialectal raff [rubbish]
方言 raff的變化 [垃圾]
from Middle English raf * see raffish
源自 中古英語 raf *參見 raffish