| 单词 | breeze |
| 释义 | Related topics: Naturebreeze1 /briːz/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 DNa gentle wind 微风，和风 → breezy flowers waving in the breeze 在微风中摇曳的花儿► see thesaurus at wind2 be a breeze informalEASY to be very easy 容易，轻松 Don’t think that learning Dutch will be a breeze. 不要以为学荷兰语是件轻松的事。 → shoot the breeze at shoot1(13)n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + breeze a gentle/soft/mild breezeIt was a beautiful day with a blue sky and a gentle breeze.a light/slight/faint breezeThe curtains lifted in the light breeze.a stiff/strong breezeThere was a good stiff breeze, just right for sailing.a cool breezeIt was getting late and a cool breeze was blowing.a warm breezeA warm breeze ruffled the leaves of the trees.a fresh breeze (=cool and quite strong)A fresh breeze is blowing from the north.a sea/ocean breezeThe boats were moving up and down in the sea breeze.an evening breezePeople were out walking, enjoying the evening breeze.a morning breezethe fresh morning breezea summer breezeHe felt the soft summer breeze against his skin.an easterly/westerly etc breezeA gentle easterly breeze was blowing in from the Atlantic.verbsa breeze blowsThe strong breeze blew sand in our faces.a breeze drifts (=blows very gently)A cool breeze drifted through the window.a breeze comes through/from etc somethingThe room was hot and no breeze came through the window.a breeze stirs/ruffles somethingA light breeze stirred the waters of the bay.Examples from the Corpusbreeze• That made Jay nervous again but Peter assured him they would manage, it was dead easy, a breeze.• The second set was a breeze for Clement.• A cool breeze blew in off the sea.• A gentle breeze ruffled her hair.• A mild breeze was picking up, offsetting the heavy blanket of sunshine that settled on my arms.• The chill in the air caught me by surprise, a sharp mountain night breeze.• Our cruising grounds afford an almost constant sailing breeze and long hours of clear sunshine throughout the summer months.• Her black hair was blowing in the breeze as she waved goodbye to me.• Flags waved in the breeze.• Invited into a back room, I shot the breeze with a married couple who said they ran the place.breeze2 verb 1 WALK[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to walk somewhere in a calm confident way 飘然出现；信步走进breeze in/into/out etc She just breezed into my office and said she wanted a job. 她信步走进我的办公室，说要一份工作。2 [transitive] to do very well in a test, a piece of written work etc, with very little effort 轻松完成〔考试、书面作业等〕 Don’t bother studying for the English exam – you’ll breeze it. 英语考试不用复习——你肯定能轻松通过。3 breeze through something phrasal verb PASS A TESTto achieve something very easily 轻松完成；轻易通过 SYN sail through He breezed through the exam. 他毫不费力地通过了考试。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbreeze• I breezed away into a corner where I could sip my vodka-less tonic and mope.• In the city, I stood at the window and identified the cars as they breezed by.• It was dejavu as he breezed in to outwit O'Hare a second time.• I breezed right through the first two years of pure science courses.• He could breeze through almost any public situation.• She took herself seriously, and she knew what fitness was about, breezing through the exercises without even breathing hard.breeze in/into/out etc• Mr Collor breezed into office, beguiling the voters with his good looks and grand talk of clean government.• Just a breeze in the face.• Faraway traffic, a tiny breeze in the leaves above me.• Things went better for Serena Williams and grand slam-chasing Jennifer Capriati, who both breezed into the second round.• A breeze whipping through Mission Bay, sure, but also a breeze in the sporting sense.• Supermodel Cindy Crawford breezed into town.Origin breeze1 (1500-1600) French brise, perhaps from bise “cold north wind”breeze1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1breeze2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese a wind gentle Corpus |
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