- 1漂流木
Driftwood is wood that has been floating in the sea or a river, or that the water has left on the shore. Salt, sun, and wear it down, so it often looks pale, grey, and twisted — not like a fresh branch from a forest. People pick it up to burn, to make furniture or art, or just because the shape is interesting. Though actually, in Taiwan it is not only a beach souvenir. After a typhoon, valuable trees wash down from the mountains, and there are rules about who may take 漂流木 from the river or the shore. The picture in the word is simple: the wood has drifted.
組成From drift + wood. Drift is the floating-along; wood is the material.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
driftwoodnoun/ˈdɹɪftwʊd/
- 1
Floating wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
- Every wave on the Atlantic was like a dead seagull dragging its driftwood artillery from horizon to horizon.
- A person walks near driftwood and storm debris that washed up in front of the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk amusement park.
- 2
Such a piece of wood that has been cast ashore.
- Commonly the bear makes a stand in driftwood on a bank, or on a log that has fallen into or across a stream.
- We lit a driftwood fire to help keep the mosquitoes away. It was partially successful.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。