Waft



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.飘浮, 飘荡
• ［英］ v.飘浮, 飘荡 ( to move or go lightly by the impulse of wind or waves)
• ［类］ waft : plummet / meander : dash ( 飘落对突然落下 / 蜿蜒而流对奔流而下)
• ［例］ The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears.

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English, perhaps from past participle of Middle English (northern dialect) waffen, by-form of Middle English waven to wave
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium <heavenly aromas wafted from the kitchen>
• transitive verb
  • to cause to move or go lightly by or as if by the impulse of wind or waves
• ? wafter noun

II. noun

• Date: 1607
• 1. something (as an odor) that is wafted ; whiff
• 2. a slight breeze ; puff
• 3. the act of waving
• 4. a pennant or flag used to signal or to show wind direction

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