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- pass or cause to pass easily or gently through or as if through the air随风飘送; （使）飘荡; （使）飘浮：
no obj., with adverbial of direction the smell of stale fat wafted out from the cafe从小餐馆里飘出不新鲜的油脂味
with obj. and adverbial of direction each breeze would waft pollen round the house.每一阵微风都会使花粉飘散在房子四周。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction move with a gliding motion平滑地移动; 飘过：
models wafted down the catwalk in filmy organza skirts.
模特们穿着薄如蝉翼的透明硬纱裙子飘然走过T形台。
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- a gentle movement of air一阵微风。
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- a scent or odour carried on such a movement of air（随风飘的）一阵香气, 一股味道。
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- （亦作weft）Nautical, historical a knotted ensign, garment, etc. displayed by a ship as a signal【航海】〈史〉（船舶展示作为信号的）结状信号旗, 结状衣服。
- ORIGIN: Perhaps related to Scots and northern waff 'a signal, waving of something in the hand', a variant of WAVE.
词源
early 16th cent. （in the sense 'escort (a ship)'）： back-formation from obsolete wafter 'armed convoy vessel'， from Low German， Dutch wachter, from wachten 'to guard'. A sense 'convey by water' gave rise to the current use of the verb.