| 单词 | waft |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [wɑ:f] |
| 解释 | v.飘浮，飘荡 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.飘浮，飘荡(to move or go lightly by the impulse of wind or waves) 【考】 waft : plummet / meander : dash(飘落对突然落下/蜿 蜒而流对奔流而下) 【例】 The gentle breeze wafted the sound of music to our ears. |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 飘浮, 飘荡(在空气中或水上轻柔平滑地前进) 【记】源于: raft(n 筏)－漂浮的感觉 【类】waft: plummet = meander: dash飘落对突然落下 = 蜿蜒而流对奔流而下 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】water drift 在水中漂浮；f=v wave 飘动，波浪；音:微风踏，踏着微风前行 |
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