| 单词 | zephyr-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈzephyr-like ˈzephyr-like adv. and adj. (a) adv. in the manner of a zephyr or light breeze; (b) adj. of the nature of, or suggestive of, a zephyr or light breeze. ΚΠ 1765 W. Stevenson Orig. Poems II. 92 Not Zephyr-like, through osiers wreath'd, My strains had innocently breath'd, But..with the voice of thunder spoke. 1789 B. Taylor Lect. Atmosphere London 4 A mild, gentle, zephyr-like breeze. 1832 Reviewer 12 Aug. 106/1 [She] seems not to belong to earth, but rather, as she glides zephyr-like across it.., to hold communion with kindred spirits in the skies. 1924 Times of India 27 Aug. 11/5 The zephyr like sentences, each following on the heel of another in a rapid flow..did not hold the audience in fascination at first. 1992 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 3 Sept. c19 It [sc. the air conditioning] wafts, zephyrlike, over the body, dries the moist brow. 2010 J. J. Patterson Bermuda Shorts 77 The whispering zephyr-like swish from the long black robes of the nuns. < as lemmas |
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