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waft/wɒft, wɑ:ft/ v. & n.●v. tr. & intr. convey or travel easily as through air or over water; sweep smoothly and lightly along 随风传送；随水飘流；飘荡 ●n. 1 (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 of) a whiff or scent (些微的)气味；香味 2 a transient sensation of peace, joy, etc. (宁静、喜悦等的)片刻感觉 3 (also 亦作 weft /weft/) Naut. a distress signal, e.g. an ensign rolled or knotted or a garment flown in the rigging 【海】海难信号(如卷起的或打结的旗帜，或在索具上飘动的衣服) [originally ‘convoy (ship etc.)’: back-formation from obsolete waughter, wafter ‘armed convoy-ship’, via Dutch or Low German wachter from wachten ‘to guard’] |