waft
verb /wɒft/
/wɑːft/, /wæft/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they waft | /wɒft/ /wɑːft/, /wæft/ |
| he / she / it wafts | /wɒfts/ /wɑːfts/, /wæfts/ |
| past simple wafted | /ˈwɒftɪd/ /ˈwɑːftɪd/, /ˈwæftɪd/ |
| past participle wafted | /ˈwɒftɪd/ /ˈwɑːftɪd/, /ˈwæftɪd/ |
| -ing form wafting | /ˈwɒftɪŋ/ /ˈwɑːftɪŋ/, /ˈwæftɪŋ/ |
- to move, or make something move, gently through the air
（随风）飘荡；使飘荡；吹拂 - + adv./prep. The sound of their voices wafted across the lake.
他们的声音飘过湖面传到了另一边。 - Delicious smells wafted up from the kitchen.
香喷喷的味道从厨房飘了出来。 - waft something + adv./prep. The scent of the flowers was wafted along by the breeze.
微风传花香。
- A scent of honey wafted up from the hives.
一股蜂蜜的香味从蜂房里飘上来。 - Spicy smells wafted through the air.
空中飘来一阵阵浓烈的气味。 - The night air wafted gently over them.
晚风轻轻地吹拂着他们。 - The scent of the flowers was wafted through the window by the breeze.
花香随微风透窗而入。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- slowly
- around
- …
- across
- down
- from
- …
词源early 16th cent. (in the sense ‘escort a ship’): back-formation from obsolete wafter (used only by opponents of the practice) ‘armed convoy vessel’, from Low German, Dutch wachter, from wachten ‘to guard’. A sense ‘convey by water’ gave rise to the current use of the verb. - + adv./prep. The sound of their voices wafted across the lake.