English Dictionary

waft

IPA（発音記号）

/wɑft/

動詞

作格 自動詞

(ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air. / (intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.

日本語の意味

（自動詞） 空気中を穏やかに漂う、浮遊する / （他動詞） ～を空気中に軽やかに漂わせる、浮かせる

She opened the window and let the scent of coffee waft through the kitchen.

彼女は窓を開けて、コーヒーの香りが台所にふんわりと漂うようにした。

意味（1）

(ergative) To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.

A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float.

Unhappy Aureng-Zebe is in disgrace; / And your Morat, proclaimed the successor, / Is called, to awe the city with his power. / Those trumpets his triumphant entry tell, / And now the shouts waft near the citadel.

意味（3）

To give notice to by waving something; to wave the hand to; to beckon.

[…] but ſoft: who wafts vs yonder.

wafts （ present singular third-person ）

wafting （ participle present ）

wafted （ participle past ）

wafted （ past ）