no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- (of the wind) blow lightly in a specified direction(风)轻轻地吹, 吹拂:
as we walked, air began whiffling down off Bald Peak.
当我们散步时, 风开始从巴尔德山顶轻轻吹下来。
1.1
- move lightly as if blown by a puff of air轻快地移动; 轻飘飘地走:
the geese came whiffling down on to the grass.
鹅飘然下到草地上。
1.2
- with obj. blow or move (something) with or as if with a puff of air轻吹, 轻拂:
the mouse whiffled its whiskers.
老鼠轻轻地吹理着胡子。
1
- a slight movement of air or the sound of such a movement轻吹, 轻拂; 轻吹声, 轻拂声。
2
- (亦作 whiffle cut)US informal a very short haircut worn by US soldiers in the Second World War〈美, 非正式〉(二战中美国士兵常留的)短发发型。
词源
mid 16th cent.: frequentative (verb), diminutive (noun) of WHIFF1.