- 1
1) The act of floating, or the ability of something to float on water or another liquid, instead of sinking. 2) In business, the act of selling a company's shares to the public for the very first time, so it starts trading on the stock market.
漂浮; (商業)股票上市
組成float + -ation (noun ending, meaning the act or process of doing something)
同家族的字
- floatthe base word this comes from
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
flotationnoun/floʊˈteɪʃən/
- 1
A state of floating, or being afloat.
- 2
The ability (as of a tire or snowshoes) to stay on the surface of soft ground or snow.
- 3
businessminingA process of separating minerals by agitating a mixture with water and detergents etc; selected substances being carried to the surface in air bubbles.
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businessfinanceThe launching onto the market of a tranche of stocks or shares, usually a new issue.
- This week's SpaceX flotation is just the latest sign: we are facing regime change not just in technology, but in finance.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。