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

• Free speech is to a great people what winds are to oceans and malarial regions, which waft away the elements of diseases, and bring new elements of health.
  自由之于一个伟大的人民（民族），犹如风之于海洋和疟疾地区：它会带走疾病的因素，并带来新的健康的因素。
• So odds are slim they'll waft up to a human nose and fuel sudden passion at a nightclub.
  所以但夜总会里，这些气味能够进入鼻子里、并马上点着激情的机会并不大。
• The mood with the wind in the air, don't go to gently waft so much of affair, hence, have to let the brain, let the breeze with my mind wanders everywhere.
  心情随着风儿在空中轻轻的飘荡，不再去想那么多的事情，于是，只好放纵自己的大脑，任夜风带着我的思绪随处飘荡。
• A return wind waft out aesthetic realism, which was shown in their practical performances and articles. Finally, I will sum up the characteristics and influence of the aesthetic trend of suzerain in Ming Dynasty.
  最后是总结了明代宗藩审美趋向的特点和影响。
• 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。
• "Let your perfume waft over and find me"
  “让你的芳香，四处飘荡，寻找到我”
• 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。
• What DOES explain all the symptoms of a tail waft are our descriptions.
  能够解释所有这些飘荡的尾巴带来的所有现象的是我们的描述。
• The dripless system is even designed to emit a small waft of coffee odor when the straw is inserted into the pouch containing the brew.
  通过不滴水系统的特殊设计，当把吸管插入盛有咖啡的小袋时，还可以释放出少量的咖啡香气。
• 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。