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词汇 wafted
释义 wafted
past simple and past participle ofwaft
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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement through the air
airborne
buoyantly
buzz
flight
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hover
levitate
lift
skim
smoothness
soar
soaring
stunt
swish
swishy
swoop
wheel

Examples of wafted


wafted

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


There were some people who just wafted through because they were so good, but others were hot-house products who got so far.
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It is not something that can be wafted away.
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The liquid cement can be wafted into a sewer or other piping, and great damage may be caused which needs expensive remedial work.
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A little angel has just wafted me information.
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From the media the smell wafted in of witch hunt.
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This question cannot be wafted aside by theoretical arguments.
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What would happen if a fire broke out and if a beryllium-enriched toxic cloud wafted over the whole city?
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Attempts to secure other appearances have been evaded and wafted aside.
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If they arrange for their families to join them in one station, they are promptly wafted off to another station.
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I find for a brief and agreeable moment that we are wafted into the air of azalea scent, roses, live trees and ornamental flowers.
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On the other hand, should any bouquets perhaps be wafted in this direction they will be received with due humility and gratitude.
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I think that the action he is taking is very damaging to overseas companies, and it cannot just be wafted aside as he tried to do.
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It is an ungrateful task to oppose a piece of legislation which will certainly be wafted on to the statute book by the combined commitment of all political parties.
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One of the biggest is that if all registered disabled people were tomorrow suddenly and miraculously wafted into employment many employers would still be in breach of the quota provisions.
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They are at best a pretty little noise, not unlike the noise of the band which one hears wafted over the breeze from the bandstand in the park.
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