whiffle
whiffle
verb
verb
- [no obj, with adverbial of direction](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。
■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。
■[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。
- a slight movement of air or the sound of such a movement
轻吹，轻拂； 轻吹声，轻拂声 - (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
- mid 16th cent.: frequentative (verb), diminutive (noun) of whiff
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