| 单词 | balmy |
| 释义 | balmy (once / 2220 pages) 1adj 2adj Tourists who flock from Minnesota to Florida in the wintertime are hoping for balmy weather — that is, those frosty Midwesterners are trading mountains of snow and freezing winds for warm sun and gentle breezes. ChapStick and nice weather might not seem to have much in common, but consider this: Both are soothing and restorative. The adjective balmy is, indeed, related to the noun balm (as in, "lip balm") and both share a wonderfully rich etymology: "Balm" made its way from Hebrew to English via Greek, Latin, and Old French. Just as the noun is used in the names of aromatic unguents and plants with healing properties, the adjective balmy is used to describe weather so pleasant that it's positively therapeutic. WORD FAMILYbalmy: balmier, balmiest, balmily, balminess+/balm: balms, balmy USAGE EXAMPLESOn a balmy autumn day, I drove through Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley toward a front line with the Islamic State. The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016) It is a balmy afternoon in Pasadena, California, with winter sunshine flooding the hotel terrace. The Guardian(Dec 04, 2016) On a balmy afternoon, Patrick Emery was preparing to play a round of golf. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) 1 adj mild and pleasant 2balmy days and nights Syn mild, soft clement (of weather or climate) physically mild adj informal or slang terms for mentally irregular it used to drive my husband balmy Syn around the bend, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky insane afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement |
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