waft

• vt. 使飘荡；吹送
• n. 飘荡；吹拂
• vi. 飘荡

词态变化

中文词源

词源不详，可能来自wave变体，波浪，引申义飘荡。

英文词源

waft

waft: [16] A wafter was an ‘armed ship used for convoying others’ (the word was borrowed from Middle Dutch wachter ‘guard’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic base as English wait, wake, and watch). The verb waft was derived from it by back-formation, and at first was used for ‘convey by water, convoy’ (‘Because certain pirates … were lurking at the Thames mouth … Thomas Lord Camoys with certain ships of war was appointed to waft over the king’, Edward Hall, Chronicle 1548). The change from ‘conveyance by water’ to ‘conveyance through the air’ began in the 17th century.
=> wait, wake, watch

waft (v.)

c. 1500, transitive, "to move gently" (through the air), probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German, ultimately from wachten "to guard" (perhaps via notion of a ship that guards another as it sails), related to waken "rouse from sleep," from Proto-Germanic *waht- (see wake (n.1)). Possibly influenced by northern dialect waff "cause to move to and fro" (1510s), a variant of wave. Intransitive sense from 1560s. Related: Wafted; wafting.

双语例句

1. A waft of perfume drifted into Ingrid's nostrils.

一股香水味飘进了英格丽德的鼻子里。

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2. A good year , which this is, of course, will waft.

像这样,好年份产的酒, 当然十里飘香.

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3. A waft of perfume can revitalize, cleanse , chan ge how you feel and even as individual.

香水飘来的味道可以让人重新充满活力, 精神为之一振,心情得到改变,甚至可以让你独特的个人风格得到张扬.

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4. The bubble maker is like a sword that you waft in the air.

吹出泡泡的东西就像你在空中挥舞的一把剑.

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5. When she just about fall over, a waft of fragrance makes her stop.

在她差点跌倒时, 一股幽香让她停下脚步.

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