refloat

verb
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊt/
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they refloat
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊt/
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊt/
he / she / it refloats
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊts/
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊts/
past simple refloated
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊtɪd/
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊtɪd/
past participle refloated
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊtɪd/
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊtɪd/
-ing form refloating
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊtɪŋ/
🔊/ˌriːˈfləʊtɪŋ/
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  1. refloat something to make a boat or ship float again, for example after it has become stuck on the bottom in shallow water使(搁浅船只)再浮起
    • A salvage team had battled for five days to refloat the ship.救助队奋战了五天以重新使船沉没。
    Topics Transport by waterc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRefloat is used with these nouns as the object:
    • vessel
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