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drift [drɪft](a) (float → on water) aller à la dérive, dériver; (→ in current, wind) être emporté; Aviation dériver;∎ Nautical to drift off course dévier de son cap;∎ the boat drifted downstream le bateau descendait le fleuve à la dérive ou à vau-l'eau;∎ the clouds drifted les nuages étaient poussés par le vent;∎ mist drifted in from the sea il y avait de la brume qui venait de la mer;∎ the smell of cooking drifted up from the restaurant des odeurs de cuisine montaient du restaurant;∎ the sound of music drifted up from the garden on entendait de la musique qui montait du jardin(b) (sand, snow) s'amonceler, s'entasser;∎ some snow had drifted in through the open door de la neige s'était infiltrée par la porte ouverte(c) (move aimlessly) marcher nonchalamment;∎ people began to drift in/out les gens commençaient à entrer/sortir d'un pas nonchalant;∎ the audience started to drift towards the exit les spectateurs se dirigeaient lentement vers la sortie;∎ figurative the conversation drifted from one topic to another la conversation passait d'un sujet à un autre;∎ he just drifts along, he drifts through life il se laisse porter par les événements;∎ he drifted into a life of crime il a sombré dans la délinquance(d) Electronics se décaler(b) (of sand, snow) amonceler, entasser3 noun∎ the drift of the current took us southwards le courant nous a emportés vers le sud;∎ figurative the drift from the land l'exode m rural, la migration vers la ville;∎ population drift mouvement m de population;∎ the drift towards war la dérive vers la guerre;∎ Geography the North Atlantic Drift le courant nord-atlantique(b) (of leaves, sand) amoncellement m, entassement m; (of fallen snow) amoncellement m, congère f; (of falling snow) rafale f, bourrasque f; (of clouds) traînée f; (of dust, mist) nuage m; Geology (deposits) apports mpl(c) Aviation & Nautical (of plane, ship) dérivation f; (of missile) déviation f; (deviation from course) dérive f(d) Electronics déviation f∎ the drift back towards the classics le retour aux classiques∎ do you get my drift? voyez-vous où je veux en venir?;∎ familiar I get the/your drift je pige(g) Linguistics évolution f (d'une langue)►► Nautical drift anchor ancre f flottante;drift ice (UNCOUNT) glaces fpl flottantes ou en dérive;Fishing drift net filet m dérivant(fall asleep) s'assoupir;∎ I drifted off for a while je me suis assoupi quelques instants -
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A n1 (flow, movement) the drift of the current le sens du courant ; to be carried downstream by the drift of the current être emporté en aval par le courant ; the drift of events fig le cours des événements ; the drift from the land l'exode m rural ; the drift of refugees to the border l'afflux m des réfugiés à la frontière ; the slow drift of strikers back to work le lent retour des grévistes au travail ;4 ( mass) ( of snow) congère f ; (of leaves, sand) tas m, amoncellement m ; (of smoke, mist) nuage m, traînée f ; the rain/snow was falling in drifts il y avait des bourrasques de pluie/de neige ;5 ( general meaning) sens m (général) ; to catch the drift of sb's argument comprendre où quelqu'un veut en venir ; I don't catch ou follow your drift je ne comprends pas où vous voulez en venir ; get the drift ○ ? tu piges ○ ? ;7 ( in mining) galerie f en allongement ;8 Ling évolution f ;B vi1 (be carried by tide, current) [boat] dériver ; ( by wind) [balloon] voler à la dérive ; [smoke, fog] flotter ; to drift out to sea dériver vers le large ; to drift off course [boat] dériver hors-cap ; [plane] dériver hors de route ; to drift downstream être emporté or entraîné en aval par le courant ; to drift onto the rocks s'échouer sur les rochers ; clouds drifted across the sky des nuages traversaient le ciel ; mist was drifting in from the sea il y avait de la brume qui venait de la mer ; voices drifted into the garden des voix parvenaient dans le jardin ;2 ( pile up) [snow] former des congères fpl ; [leaves] s'amonceler ; drifting snow des bourrasques fpl de neige ; drifted snow des congères ;3 to drift along [person] lit flâner ; fig se laisser aller ; to drift around ou about the house traîner sans but dans la maison ; the strikers are drifting back to work les grévistes retournent progressivement au travail ; to drift into/out of the room entrer dans une/sortir d'une pièce d'un pas nonchalant ; to drift from job to job passer d'un emploi à un autre ; to drift from town to town errer de ville en ville ; to drift through life errer sans but dans la vie ; the country is drifting towards recession/war le pays glisse vers la récession/la guerre ; I'm content to let things drift je me borne à laisser les événements suivre leur cours ;4 fig ( stray) to drift into teaching/publishing se retrouver dans l'enseignement/l'édition ; to drift into crime/prostitution sombrer dans la criminalité/la prostitution ; the conversation drifted onto politics la conversation a dérivé vers la politique.■ drift apart [friends, couple, lovers] se détacher progressivement (from de) ; we have drifted apart nous sommes moins proches qu'avant.■ drift away [crowd, spectators] s'éloigner (from de) ; fig [person] ( from belief etc) s'éloigner progressivement (from de).1 ( doze off) s'assoupir ;2 ( leave) s'en aller lentement.
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