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单词 breeze
释义
breeze
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A breeze is a light, cool wind. One of the nicest things about being at the beach on a hot summer day is feeling the gentle breeze off the water.
The air that blows your hair around and rustles the leaves is one kind of breeze. Another is the task that's easily completed or the job that is practically effortless: "Your dog is so good, walking him is a breeze!" You can also breeze through something that's simple and fast, like when you breeze through a math test, finishing long before your classmates.
WORD FAMILY
breeze: breezed, breezes, breezing, breezy+/breezy: breezier, breeziest, breezily, breeziness
USAGE EXAMPLES
Later, running across the stage, she was a spring breeze.
New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)
It was hardly a breeze for the Steelers on Sunday, as Ben Roethlisberger was picked off twice in the third quarter, deep in Pittsburgh territory.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 25, 2016)
The architecture of the city acts as a giant cooling system that funnels Atlantic breezes through shaded streets in a triumph of civil engineering.
The Guardian(Dec 24, 2016)
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1n a slight wind (usually refreshing)
the breeze was cooled by the lake
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
air, gentle wind, zephyr
sea breeze
a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)
breath
a slight movement of the air
light air
wind moving 1-3 knots; 1 on the Beaufort scale
light breeze
wind moving 4-7 knots; 2 on the Beaufort scale
gentle breeze
wind moving 8-12 knots; 3 on the Beaufort scale
moderate breeze
wind moving 13-18 knots; 4 on the Beaufort scale
fresh breeze
wind moving 19-24 knots; 5 on the Beaufort scale
strong breeze
wind moving 25-31 knots; 6 on the Beaufort scale
air current, current of air, wind
air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
2v blow gently and lightly
It breezes most evenings at the shore
Hyper
blow
be blowing or storming
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1n any undertaking that is easy to do
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, piece of cake, pushover, snap, walkover
doddle
an easy task
labor, project, task, undertaking
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
2v proceed quickly and easily
Hyper
go, locomote, move, travel
change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
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