breeze

wind, breeze

这两个名词均有“风”之意。
wind: 普通用词，指空气的流动现象。
breeze: 微风。

名词 breeze:

1. a slight wind (usually refreshing)
   同义词：zephyr, gentle wind, air
2. any undertaking that is easy to do
   同义词：cinch, picnic, snap, duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece of cake

动词 breeze:

1. blow gently and lightly
2. to proceed quickly and easily

1. The wheat rippled in the breeze.
   小麦在微风中起伏波动。
2. He breezed through the task.
   他轻松地做完了这项工作。
3. We are enjoying the cool breeze that comes from the lake.
   我们享受着湖面上吹来的凉爽微风。
4. He ran for president and breezed in.
   他竞选总统，结果轻而易举地获胜了。
5. She breezed along, smiling at everyone.
   她轻盈地向前走去，对每个人都嫣然含笑。

breeze

n.（名词）
A light current of air; a gentle wind.
微风，轻风：轻微的空气流；微风
Meteorology Any of five winds with speeds of from 4 to 3 miles (' to 50 kilometers) per hour, according to the Beaufort scale.
【气象学】 2级至'级的风：根据蒲福风级，速度达每小时4至3英里('至50公里）的五种风的任一种
Informal Something, such as a task, that is easy to do.
【非正式用语】 容易做的事情，如任务
v.intr.（不及物动词）
breezed,breez.ing,breez.es
To blow lightly.
轻轻地吹
Informal To progress swiftly and effortlessly:
【非正式用语】 快捷且轻松地取得进步：
例句：
We breezed through the test.
我们全不费力地通过了测验

To sprint around a racetrack as a means of exercise. Used of a racehorse.
遛（马）作轻快小跑：让马绕跑道小跑作为一种锻练的途径。用于赛马

<习惯用语>shoot the breeze【俚语】
To engage in idle conversation.
闲聊：参与无聊的谈话
来源：
Perhaps from Old Spanish briza [northeast wind]
可能源自 古西班牙语 briza [东北风]

<参考词汇><同义词>breeze,cinch,pushover,snap,walkaway,walkoverThe central meaning shared by these nouns is .something that is easily accomplished.:
这些名词共同的意义是.轻而易举完成的事情.：
例句：
The exam was a breeze.
考试很容易过。

例句：
Chopping onions is a cinch with a food processor.
用食品加工器切洋葱是一件轻松的工作。

例句：
Winning the playoffs was no pushover.
取得加时赛的胜利可不是一件易事。

例句：
The new computer program was a snap to learn.
新的计算机程序很容易学会。

例句：
Getting elected to the council was a walkaway.
入选议会是件容易事。

例句：
It wasn`t any walkover to alphabetize all those names.
按字母顺序把所有那些名字都排列出来决非一件轻松的工作。


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breeze
breeze 2

n.（名词）
The refuse left when coke or charcoal is made.
焦炭渣，煤屑：焦炭或木炭做成后剩下的渣滓

来源：
Probably from French braise [hot coals]
可能源自 法语 braise [热煤]
from Old French brese
源自 古法语 brese
[of Germanic origin] * see bhreu-
[源于日耳曼语的] *参见 bhreu-