float

发行（证券等）

①【例】The Shanghai Volkswagen Taxi Co., Ltd. will float 25 million yuan of special RMB shares (B shares).

上海大众出租汽车公司将要发行2500万元特种人民币股票（B种股票）。

②动名词用作定语。

【例】The floating price of each share is 43 yuan (including various issuing costs).

每一股的发行售价43元（包括各种发行费用）。

floating

浮动的

【例】The carrying steamer was in collision with floating ice.

该运载轮船曾与浮冰相撞。

flood

【1】泛滥，涌进

【例】Orders for this item have flooded in and the demand for it is going to exceed its supply.

这项商品的订单大量涌进，需要将超过供应。

【2】泛滥，充斥

【例】The era when foreign goods flooded the Chinese market is gone forever.

洋货充斥中国市场的时代已经一去不复返了。

【3】一大批，一大阵

【例】We have received a flood of [a crowd of] enquiries from various directions.

我们从各地收到了大量的询价。