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raft
1[ raft, rahft ]
noun
- a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant material or materials:
an inflatable rubber raft.
- a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water.
- Building Trades. a slab of reinforced concrete providing a footing on yielding soil, usually for a whole building, so that the weight of the soil that would be displaced by the settlement of the building exceeds the weight of the building itself; mat.
verb (used with object)
- to transport on a raft.
- to form (logs or the like) into a raft.
- to travel or cross by raft.
- (of an ice floe) to transport (embedded organic or rock debris) from the shore out to sea.
verb (used without object)
- to use a raft; go or travel on a raft.
- (of an ice floe) to overlap another ice floe.
raft
2[ raft, rahft ]
noun
- a great quantity; a lot:
a whole raft of trouble.
raft
1/ 谤蓱藧蹿迟 /
noun
- a buoyant platform of logs, planks, etc, used as a vessel or moored platform
- a thick slab of reinforced concrete laid over soft ground to provide a foundation for a building
verb
- to convey on or travel by raft, or make a raft from
raft
2/ 谤蓱藧蹿迟 /
noun
- informal.a large collection or amount
a raft of old notebooks discovered in a cupboard
Derived Forms
- 藞谤补蹿迟颈苍驳, noun
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of raft1
Origin of raft2
Example Sentences
Known in Sweden as Valborg, university students gather in the city for champagne breakfasts, herring lunches and a raft race on the river.
The shows are among a raft of new productions that were announced by the prestigious London venue's new artistic director Indhu Rubasingham on Tuesday.
Among the raft of new rules implemented since January is a requirement that families provide proof of their income source, show a U.S. identification and in many cases take a DNA test.
On Wednesday evening Delhi announced a raft of diplomatic measures against Islamabad in light of the killings in Kashmir - one of them was shutting the Attari-Wagah border between the two countries immediately.
During subsequent performances, spectators took in the music from boats and rafts on the water.
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