waft

• vt.ひらひらさせる；吹く
• n. ひらつかせる；吹く
• vi.ひらひらさせる

語源は不明だが、おそらくwaveの変化形であるwave、派生語であるdriftingから。

waft

waft: [16] A wafter was an ‘armed ship used for convoying others’ (the word was borrowed from Middle Dutch wachter ‘guard’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic base as English wait, wake, and watch). The verb waft was derived from it by back-formation, and at first was used for ‘convey by water, convoy’ (‘Because certain pirates … were lurking at the Thames mouth … Thomas Lord Camoys with certain ships of war was appointed to waft over the king’, Edward Hall, Chronicle 1548). The change from ‘conveyance by water’ to ‘conveyance through the air’ began in the 17th century.
=> wait, wake, watch

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.

1. A waft of perfume drifted into Ingrid 's nostils.

香水の匂いがイングリッドの鼻に漂ってきた。

2.A good year，which this，of course，will waft .

このように、良い年産のお酒は、もちろん十里に香りが漂っています。

3.A waft of perfume can revitalize，cleanse，chan ge how you feel and even as individual.

香水から漂う匂いは人を元気にして、精神を奮い立たせて、気持ちを変えて、あなただけのパーソナルスタイルを高めることができます。

4.The bubble maker is like a sword that you waft in the air.

泡を吹き出すものは、あなたが空中で振り回している剣のようなものです。

5.When she just about fall over，a waft of fragrance makes her stop.

転びそうになった時、ほのかな香りが彼女を立ち止まった。