waft

英 [wɒft]

美 [wɑːft]

v.  (随风)飘荡; 使飘荡; 吹拂
n.  一阵，一股(在空气中飘荡的味或烟)

过去式：wafted　现在分词：wafting　第三人称单数：wafts　过去分词：wafted　复数：wafts　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.15432 / COCA.11800

牛津词典

verb

• （随风）飘荡；使飘荡；吹拂
  to move, or make sth move, gently through the air
  1. The sound of their voices wafted across the lake.
     他们的声音飘过湖面传到了另一边。
  2. Delicious smells wafted up from the kitchen.
     香喷喷的味道从厨房飘了出来。
  3. The scent of the flowers was wafted along by the breeze.
     微风传花香。

noun

• 一阵，一股（在空气中飘荡的味或烟）
  a smell or a line of smoke carried through the air
  1. wafts of perfume/smoke
     阵阵香气；缕缕青烟

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)飘荡;吹拂
  If sounds or smellswaftthrough the air, or if something such as a light windwaftsthem, they move gently through the air.
  1. The scent of climbing roses wafts through the window...
     藤本月季的芳香飘进了窗户。
  2. The music from the party wafts out to the terrace...
     晚会的音乐飘到了外面的露台上。
  3. A slight breeze rose, wafting the heavy scent of flowers past her.
     清风吹拂，浓郁的花香向她飘来。
  4. Waftis also a noun.
     
  5. A waft of perfume drifted into Ingrid's nostrils.
     一股香水味飘进了英格丽德的鼻子里。

英英释义

noun

• a long flag
  Synonym:pennantpennonstreamer

verb

• be driven or carried along, as by the air
  1. Sounds wafted into the room
• blow gently
  1. A breeze wafted through the door

双语例句

• Then again, I spilled some toilet water basin, steaming hot water to wash feet with a light faint scent waft.
  紧接着，我又往盆中洒了些花露水，热气腾腾的洗脚水中飘散着一股淡淡的清香。
• Be that as it would smoke together waft in the wind, with my soul.
  也罢，就让它随着烟雾，一起飘散在风中，带着我的灵魂。
• Frankly, if you are foolish enough to enjoy the musty waft of herbal tea, then you're welcome to it.
  恕我直言，如果你真蠢到享受霉味四散的花草茶，那欢迎你继续。
• Smoking also no longer will be allowed at some exterior locations where smoke could waft into open doorways, a iolation of the ban.
  同时，根据禁烟令，禁止在一些烟雾可能会飘进室内的户外区域吸烟。
• The general rule of thumb when it comes to food at work is, anything with an odor that might waft beyond the kitchen door should be left at home, Bradberry offered.
  如果你要在办公室用餐，经验法则一般是：将任何隔着厨房门也能闻到味的东西留在家里。
• A new study suggests that a blast akin to one that devastated Iceland in the1780s would waft noxious gases southwestward and kill tens of thousands of people in Europe.
  一项新的研究表明：类似于十八世纪八十年代摧毁冰岛的火山爆发，会把有毒的气体吹向西南方，将欧洲成千上万的人置于死地。
• Lay your hand on his head, and pray that though the waves underneath grow threatening, yet the breath from above may come and fill his sails and waft him to the haven of peace.
  把你的手按在他的头上，祈求着：底下的波涛虽然险恶，然而从上面来的风，会鼓起他的船帆，送他到和平的港口的。
• Better still, Mr Sarkozy seems unafraid of the ideas that waft across the Atlantic.
  更妙的是萨科奇似乎并不在意漂过大西洋。
• The bubble maker is like a sword that you waft in the air.
  吹出泡泡的东西就像你在空中挥舞的一把剑。
• With what longing eyes would I gaze after their lessening sails, and waft myself in imagination to the ends of the earth!
  我用如此渴望的眼神注视着他们渐行渐远的风帆，自己神往天涯！