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BNC: 15432 COCA: 11800

waft

verb
/wɒft/
/wɑːft/, /wæft/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
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/
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  1. to move, or make something move, gently through the air（随风）飘荡；使飘荡；吹拂 synonym drift
    • + 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。
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • slowly
    • around
    • …
    preposition
    • across
    • down
    • from
    • …
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    Word Originearly 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.

waft

noun
/wɒft/
/wɑːft/, /wæft/
(formal)
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  1. a smell or a line of smoke carried through the air一阵，一股（在空气中飘荡的味或烟）
    • wafts of perfume/smoke阵阵香气；缕缕青烟
    Word Originearly 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.
BNC: 15432 COCA: 11800
waft

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤gently, slowly輕輕吹拂；慢慢飄盪◇The night air wafted gently over them.晚風輕輕地吹拂着他們。➤around, in, up在周圍飄動；飄進來；飄上來◇A scent of honey wafted up from the hives.一股蜂蜜的香味從蜂房裏飄上來。PREPOSITION➤across, down, from, into, over, through, up飄過⋯；飄向⋯；從⋯飄出；飄進⋯；⋯中透着；飄上來◇Spicy smells wafted through the air.空氣中瀰漫着香料的味道。
BNC: 15432 COCA: 11800
waft verb
⇨ blow 1
BNC: 15432 COCA: 11800
waft
To jump, or to move in the air: jump, bound, leap...
Pleasant smells: aroma, bouquet, fragrance...

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