孩子们在海边收集了许多被海浪冲上岸的浮木。

The children collected lots of ___driftwood washed ashore by the waves.

失业后，他感觉自己像块随波逐流的浮木，漫无目的地生活着。

After losing his job, he felt like a piece of ___driftwood, drifting through life without direction.