waft

英 [w?ft; wɑ?ft] 美[wɑft]

近義詞breeze

GRE低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?wafts;第三人稱單數(shù):?wafts;過(guò)去式:?wafted;過(guò)去分詞:?wafted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?wafting;

waft 漂蕩

詞源不詳，可能來(lái)自wave變體，波浪，引申義飄蕩。

waft: waft: [16] A wafter was an ‘a(chǎn)rmed 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.

1. A waft of perfume drifted into Ingrid's nostrils.: 一股香水味飄進(jìn)了英格麗德的鼻子里。

2. A good year , which this is, of course, will waft.: 像這樣,好年份產(chǎn)的酒, 當(dāng)然十里飄香.

3. A waft of perfume can revitalize, cleanse , chan ge how you feel and even as individual.: 香水飄來(lái)的味道可以讓人重新充滿活力, 精神為之一振,心情得到改變,甚至可以讓你獨(dú)特的個(gè)人風(fēng)格得到張揚(yáng).

4. The bubble maker is like a sword that you waft in the air.: 吹出泡泡的東西就像你在空中揮舞的一把劍.

5. When she just about fall over, a waft of fragrance makes her stop.: 在她差點(diǎn)跌倒時(shí), 一股幽香讓她停下腳步.