| 词汇 | waft |
| 释义 | waft verb[ I or T, usually+ adv/prep ] literaryuk /wɒft/ us /wɑːft/ to (cause to) move gently through the air: （使）（在空气中）飘荡 A gentle breeze wafted the scent of roses in through the open window.一阵微风将玫瑰的香味从敞开的窗子里送了进来。 The sound of a flute wafted down the stairs.长笛的声音飘到了楼下。 Movement through the air airborne buoyantly buzz flight flighted float fly glide hang time hover levitate mid-air skim smoothness soar soaring stunt swishy swoop wheel waft noun[ C ] literaryuk /wɒft/ us /wɑːft/ a smell or smoke that moves through the air: （气味、烟雾等的）一阵，一股 Caroline caught the heady waft of the other woman's perfume.卡罗琳闻到了另一个女人身上散发出的浓烈的香水味。 A waft of smoke engulfed her.她淹没在一片烟雾里。 Movement through the air airborne buoyantly buzz flight flighted float fly glide hang time hover levitate mid-air skim smoothness soar soaring stunt swishy swoop wheel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Smells & smelling waft | American Dictionarywaft verb[ I/T ] us/wɑft, wæft/ to move gently through the air, or to cause this to happen: [ Ialways+ adv/prep ]A warm breeze wafted through the city. Examples of waftwaft A big fire was blazing on the hearth and the scent from burning logs of split juniper and cedar was wafted far across the island. The vitriol hitherto hidden in the notes slowly wafted up into the body of the text, death shuffling close behind. Every political leader is locked inside an impenetrable bubble and wafted around by a gigantic retinue of security advisers to keep us out. The audience is mostly under twenty-five; beer flows freely and the occasional smell of hashish wafts through the air. The quiet lyrical text portrayed by the singer was accompanied by softly wafting sounds from mirambas and vibraphone, in a somewhat monotonous, duly repetitive sequence, to illustrate the theme. From the kitchen, tantalizing smells waft and overwhelm the usual scholarly smell. There were some people who just wafted through because they were so good, but others were hot-house products who got so far. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A little angel has just wafted me information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The liquid cement can be wafted into a sewer or other piping, and great damage may be caused which needs expensive remedial work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The word "privatisation" is constantly wafting around and it seems that there may be some more of it in the offing for education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the media the smell wafted in of witch hunt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What would happen if a fire broke out and if a beryllium-enriched toxic cloud wafted over the whole city? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Attempts to secure other appearances have been evaded and wafted aside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they arrange for their families to join them in one station, they are promptly wafted off to another station. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, should any bouquets perhaps be wafted in this direction they will be received with due humility and gratitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of waft These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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