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    Drafty is the American spelling of British . A drafty room or house lets thin streams of cold air in through gaps — around a window, under a door, in an old wall. People complain that a room is drafty in winter; they mean it feels leaky and chilly, not that there is a strong wind inside. The air itself is a draft in American English, a draught in British English. Though actually, American draft is a busy spelling: it also means a first piece of writing and a call-up into the army. Drafty only belongs to the air-in-the-room sense. You would not call an essay drafty, and you would not call a soldier drafty. A new, tight building is usually not drafty; an old wooden house often is.

    透風的、有冷風灌進來的(美式拼法;英式作 draughty)

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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組成From earlier draughty, equivalent to draft + -y.

同家族的字

  • draftAmerican spelling of the current of air; drafty means “full of drafts”
  • draughtythe British spelling of this same adjective

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

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draftyadj/ˈdɹɑːfti/

  • 1

    Characterized by gusts of wind; windy.

  • 2

    Not properly sealed against drafts (draughts).

    • It's really drafty (draughty) in here.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。