drifting
 (adj.)漂浮的
 drifting
 漂移
 Drift, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drifted; p. pr. & vb. n. Drifting.]
 1. To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east.
    We drifted o'er the harbor bar.   -- Coleridge.
 2. To accumulate in heaps by the force of wind; to be driven into heaps; as, snow or sand drifts.
 3. mining to make a drift; to examine a vein or ledge for the purpose of ascertaining the presence of metals or ores; to follow a vein; to prospect. [U.S.]
 drifting
      adj 1: continually changing especially as from one abode or
             occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer";
             "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the
             sixties" [syn: aimless, floating, vagabond, vagrant]
      2: afloat on the surface of a body of water; "after the storm
         the boats were adrift" [syn: adrift(p), drifting(a)]
      n : aimless wandering from place to place