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。
• 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。
• The scent of climbing roses wafts through the window
  藤本月季的芳香飘进了窗户。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。