英语词汇“zephyr”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

zephyr

/ˈzɛfə

noun

1 literary A soft gentle breeze.Anything less than a wind of 30 miles per hour is considered but a gentle zephyr....

All kinds of weather conditions marked the week, from strong storm fronts, to gentle zephyrs and horrendous wind-shifts, turning 180 degrees.
Crickets were chirruping, a soft zephyr was softly blowing the tree branches, and everything was quiet.

2 [mass noun] historical A fine cotton gingham.

2.1 [count noun] A very light article of clothing.

Origin

Late Old English zefferus, denoting a personification of the west wind, via Latin from Greek zephuros '(god of the) west wind'. Sense 1 dates from the late 17th century.

单词	zephyr
释义	zephyr /ˈzɛfə / noun 1 literary A soft gentle breeze.Anything less than a wind of 30 miles per hour is considered but a gentle zephyr.... All kinds of weather conditions marked the week, from strong storm fronts, to gentle zephyrs and horrendous wind-shifts, turning 180 degrees. Crickets were chirruping, a soft zephyr was softly blowing the tree branches, and everything was quiet. 2 [mass noun] historical A fine cotton gingham. 2.1 [count noun] A very light article of clothing. Origin Late Old English zefferus, denoting a personification of the west wind, via Latin from Greek zephuros '(god of the) west wind'. Sense 1 dates from the late 17th century. Rhymes heifer
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