Was heißt »Drift« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv »Drift« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • drift

Synonyme

Strö­mung:
current
Strom:
current
stream

Englische Beispielsätze

  • The theory of plate tectonics in geology explains the phenomenon of continental drift.

  • The clouds drift round, and they glide by, surrounded by light and the blue sky.

  • Sitting in his armchair, he let his thoughts drift towards the future.

  • I catch your drift.

  • Without gravity, a satellite launched from the Earth would simply drift off endlessly into space, traveling in a straight line, instead of circling the planet.

  • I get your drift.

  • I like to lie on my back and watch the clouds drift by.

  • To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it– but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

  • Many people drift through life without a purpose.

Untergeordnete Begriffe

Ab­drift:
deviation
diversion
leeway
pesticide drift

Drift übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Drift. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: Drift. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 8866625, 8589847, 8533250, 8378567, 6293883, 3728126, 1153425, 907018 & 1608. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR