be a breeze• After all that, Call My Bluffwas a breeze.• If you have a local job, the commuteis a breeze.• Installing the program on your computeris a breeze.• As a gentleman of leisure it was a breeze.• The second set was a breeze for Clement.• Heatlightning was breaking outside and there was a breeze from the ocean that was good for the soul.• There was a breeze seven floors up.• My job 153 would be a breeze were it not for a certainMiss Caroline Yamamoto.• Going down would be a breeze after this!
1WALK[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] to walk somewhere in a calmconfident 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[transitiveT] 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。
3breeze through somethingphrasal verbphr vPASS 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。
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breeze through • He could breeze through almost any public situation.• I breezed throughcollege relatively unscathed.• She'd breezed through the courts, fakingnumbskullstupidity, and come out clean.• She took herself seriously, and she knew what fitness was about, breezing through the exercises without even breathing hard.• Jed could sense a question running like a breeze through the rows of people who lined the streets: Who's he?
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breeze• 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 purescience 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 intooffice, beguiling the voters with his good looks and grand talk of clean government.• Just a breeze in the face.• Farawaytraffic, a tinybreeze 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 breezewhipping through MissionBay, sure, but also a breeze in the sportingsense.• Supermodel Cindy Crawford breezed intotown.
Originbreeze1
(1500-1600)Frenchbrise, perhaps from bise“cold north wind”
ADJECTIVE | BREEZE + VERB | VERB + BREEZE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤faint, gentle, light, little, slight, soft微風;柔風;清風▸➤stiff, strong強風▸➤sudden急風▸➤chill, chilly, cold, cool, cooling, fresh寒風;冷風;涼爽的風;清新的微風▸➤warm和煦的風▸➤pleasant舒適的風◇pleasant sea breezes宜人的海風➤evening, morning, night晚風;晨風;夜風▸➤spring, summer春風;夏季的風➤ocean, sea海風▸➤northerly, westerly, etc.北風、西風等BREEZE + VERB➤blow, come, drift和風吹來;微風吹拂◇A light breeze came off the sea.從海上吹來了微風。➤ruffle sth, rustle sth, stir sth和風把⋯弄皺/使⋯沙沙作響/使⋯微動◇A sudden breeze rustled the long dry grass.突然颳來一陣風,吹得這片高高的乾草沙沙作響。➤sweep微風吹過◇The cool breeze swept through the trees.涼爽的微風吹過樹林。➤come up和風吹起◇A breeze came up in the late afternoon.下午晚些時候吹起了和風。➤drop和風漸弱VERB + BREEZE➤feel感覺到和風◇I felt the breeze on my face.我感覺到微風拂面。PREPOSITION➤in a/the breeze在和風中◇The curtains fluttered in the night breeze.窗簾在晚風中飄動。