drafty

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++draft·y /ˈdrɑːfti $ ˈdræfti/ adjective  x-refthe American spelling of draughty draughty的美式拼法

Examples from the Corpus

drafty• Other nomes never came in, because it was drafty and stunk unpleasantly.• His sister said the old residence on Mulberry Street was drafty and the neighborhood unwholesome.• There is sitting on hard benches in drafty basement locker rooms listening to the coach scream at you.• Why then do I continue to pine for a drafty bedsitter in rain-soaked Islington?• The small rooms were cold and drafty, but the livingroom smoldered in wood heat.• It was drafty, full of vast open spaces and slippery floors.• The Viceregal Palace was a drafty mass of ruins except for the wing that Foundation workmen had restored.• a drafty old house• She went to sleep for a respite, and when she woke up Stephen was in drafty self-possession.

draft·y adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus draughty of spelling the American

drafty

I

draft‧y /ˈdrɑːfti $ ˈdræfti/ adjective
the American spelling of draughty

II

draugh‧ty British English, drafty American English /ˈdrɑːfti $ ˈdræfti/ adjective
a draughty room or building has cold air blowing through it:
    a draughty old house
     

THESAURUS

■ room
   ▪ cold used especially when you feel uncomfortable: It’s cold in here.
   ▪ cool a little cold, especially in a way that feels comfortable: Let’s go inside where it’s cool.
   ▪ freezing (cold) spoken very cold: I had to sleep in a freezing cold room.
   ▪ draughty British English, drafty American English /ˈdrɑːfti $ ˈdræfti/ with cold air blowing in from outside, in a way that feels uncomfortable: Old houses can be very draughty.

draftyBrE /ˈdrɑːfti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdræfti/ 🔊 (NAmE) = draughty