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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I waft a stop next stop like a kite gone with the wind.
  我在一站又一站的地方飘荡象一只随风而去的风筝。