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

• Nothing evokes a sense of place like the heady waft of a familiar smell.
  没有什么比似曾相识的味道更能引起人们对某个地方的感觉了。
• "Let your perfume waft over and find me"
  “让你的芳香，四处飘荡，寻找到我”
• Gray goose and gander gray goose and gander, Waft your wings together, and carry the good king's daughter over the one-strand river.
  灰色的母鹅和公鹅，一起扬起你们的翅膀，载着好国王的女儿，飞过这条河。
• ⑵ Designing and choosing the type of the axial fan that is used to supply assisted airflow to waft droplets that comes from nozzle.
  ⑵采用辅助气流输送雾滴，气流源为风机，对风机进行设计、选型；
• The music from the party wafts out to the terrace
  晚会的音乐飘到了外面的露台上。
• 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。
• Allow first-come-first-served basis drum, green silk waft, we sing, dance, the sad words into flower.
  任由，青丝飘散，我们，吟风悲月，舞字成花。
• 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。
• The aroma of classical English flowers waft up from the perfumes and soaps, creating that pastoral and homely atmosphere which England has made its own.
  古典英国花卉的芬芳从香水和香皂中弥漫开来，创造出英国特有的田园朴实的气氛。
• 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。