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

• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Let your perfume waft over and find me"
  “让你的芳香，四处飘荡，寻找到我”
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。