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单词 breeze
释义 breeze
I. noun
or breeze fly \ˈbrēz\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English breese, brese, from Old English brēosa, brīosa
dialect England : gadfly
II. \ˈbrēz\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French brise, perhaps alteration of bise — more at bise
1. : a steady light or moderate air current; especially : one moving either toward or off a seacoast — see land breeze, sea breeze
2.
 a. : a light gentle soft-blowing wind
  < the languid spring breeze rocked the little green bombshells of maple sprays — T.R.Ybarra >
  < waved in the breeze of an electric fan >
 b. : a wind of from 4 to 31 miles an hour — see fresh breeze, gentle breeze, light breeze, moderate breeze, strong breeze; beaufort scale table
3. : disturbance, quarrel
4.
 a. : something easily managed or accomplished : cinch
  < that test was a breeze >
 b. : an easy victory
5. : something likened to a breeze (as in freshness, transience, lightness)
 < temper the hot winds of romance with the more sensible breeze of historical fact — Saturday Review >
 < high-sounding phrases flutter in the breeze of heroic feeling — R.S.Ellery >
 < a little breeze of applause broke out — Willa Cather >
Synonyms: see wind

- shoot the breeze
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. of the wind
 a. : to blow gently
 b. : freshen
  < it now began breezing strongly from seaward — Herman Melville >
  — often used with up
  < it had been smooth then, but now it was breezing up from the southwest — Archie Binns >
2.
 a. : to move swiftly and airily
  < the Senator breezed in, wearing a light summer suit and a jaunty straw hat — A.M.Schlesinger b. 1917 >
 b. : to proceed quickly and easily
  < the pitcher breezed to his third victory >
  — usually used with through
  < he breezed through the report rapidly, remembering little >
  < so much of the beauty … is lost if you just breeze through — Richard Joseph >
 c. : to depart in haste
transitive verb
: to exercise (a horse) at a brisk gait without urging to great speed
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably modification of French braise cinders, live coals, from Old French brese — more at braze
1.
 a. : residue from the making of coke or charcoal
 b. : dust or fine bits of coke or charcoal
 c. : coal or coke dust
2. : furnace ashes
3. : a construction material (as brick or concrete) made partly of breeze
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