adrift

[US]/ə'drɪft/
[UK]/ə'drɪft/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj.&adv. drivende, formålsløs, distanceret, afvigende, frakoblet. bortvist hjemmefra.

Example Sentences

adrift from the subject

drevet væk fra emnet

adrift in a strange city

drevet væk i en mærkelig by

The ship was adrift on the high seas.

Skibet drev hjælpeløst på åbent hav.

a cargo ship went adrift .

Et fragtskib drev væk.

the team are three points adrift of the leaders.

Holdet lå tre point bagud for førerholdet.

adrift for three days on the sea

drevet rundt på havet i tre dage

He was adrift in an open boat for three days.

Han drev rundt i en åben båd i tre dage.

one of my fillings has come adrift .

En af mine fyldninger er løsnet.

a lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half.

Et manglende forsvar gjorde, at Spurs lå bagud i anden halvleg.

He turned his son adrift in a snowstorm.

Han satte sin søn i land i en snestorm.

She had been cut adrift from everything she had known.

Hun var blevet skilt fra alt, hvad hun kendte.

Set adrift by his roguish crew, the captain of the ship spent a week alone at sea.

Efter at være blevet efterladt af sit skruppelløse besætning, tilbragte skibets kaptajn en uge alene på havet.

Two or three grave sedate-looking persons shook their heads, and left the inn, hinting, that if Gile Gosling wished to continue to thrive, he should turn his thriftless godless nephew adrift again.

To eller tre alvorlige, fattede personer rystede på hovedet og forlod kroen og antydede, at hvis Gile Gosling ønskede at fortsætte med at trives, skulle han sætte sin sparsløse, gudløse nevø på land igen.

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