| 单词 | waft |
| 释义 | waft (once / 1307 pages) nv When your grandmother cooks her famous spaghetti sauce, many wonderful smells may waft from the kitchen. In other words, the air will gently carry this familiar aroma throughout the house. Though the verb waft usually involves movement through air, it has watery roots. A "wafter" was a convoy ship in the 16th century, and these words may have derived from the similar looking wave. Waft can refer to scents, sounds, and even smoke. So, if your grandmother’s sauce begins to burn, smoke could waft from the kitchen as well. WORD FAMILYwaft: wafted, wafting, wafts USAGE EXAMPLESThe smell of chorizo wafted over the crowd. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Our ancestors thought that “miasma”—the misty, vaporous stenches that waft from swampland—caused fatal diseases. Wall Street Journal(Dec 26, 2016) Odors from a nearby sewage treatment plant wafted through the air. The Guardian(Dec 11, 2016) 1n a long flag; often tapering Syn|Hypo|Hyper pennant, pennon, streamer pennoncel, pennoncelle, penoncel a small pennant borne on a lance flag emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design 2v be driven or carried along, as by the air Sounds wafted into the room Hyper be adrift, blow, drift, float be in motion due to some air or water current 3v blow gently A breeze wafted through the door Hyper blow be blowing or storming |
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