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单词 breezeway
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breezewayn.

Brit. /ˈbriːzweɪ/, U.S. /ˈbrizˌweɪ/
Forms: Also breeze-way.
Etymology: < breeze n.1 + way n.1 and int.1
Originally U.S.
A roofed passage, usually open at the sides, connecting two buildings or parts of a house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > passage or corridor > [noun] > outdoors
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1931 K. N. Burt Man's Own Country 39 A small log building attached to the end of his own ranch-house by means of what is known to the Far West as a breeze-way. This construction is a floored and roofed-over passage, open at the sides.
1952 M. McCarthy Groves of Academe (1953) ix. 170 From the other end of the breeze-way, through the open door of the dark garage, they heard Cathy's voice thinly calling.
1957 New Yorker 21 Sept. 39/1 Now if you don't have a floodlit crèche in the breezeway and your roof outlined with colored lights you're nobody.
1963 J. N. Harris Weird World Wes Beattie (1964) ii. 18 A modern split-level house complete with car port, breezeway and Chinese elm hedge.
1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Feb. 46/9 (advt.) Two acres of trees and lawn,..breezeway and double garage.
1969 Sydney Morning Herald 24 May 37/3 (advt.) Large breezeway..connects Triple Garage to Rumpus Room.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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