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breeze

Word family 
Related topics: Nature
breeze1 /briːz/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
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 wind
2  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。
Examples from the Corpus
be a breeze• After all that, Call My Bluff was a breeze.• If you have a local job, the commute is a breeze.• Installing the program on your computer is a breeze.• As a gentleman of leisure it was a breeze.• The second set was a breeze for Clement.• Heat lightning 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 certain Miss Caroline Yamamoto.• Going down would be a breeze after this!
→ shoot the breeze at shoot1(13)
n COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + breeze
a gentle/soft/mild breeze
It was a beautiful day with a blue sky and a gentle breeze.
a light/slight/faint breeze
The curtains lifted in the light breeze.
a stiff/strong breeze
There was a good stiff breeze, just right for sailing.
a cool breeze
It was getting late and a cool breeze was blowing.
a warm breeze
A 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 breeze
The boats were moving up and down in the sea breeze.
an evening breeze
People were out walking, enjoying the evening breeze.
a morning breeze
the fresh morning breeze
a summer breeze
He felt the soft summer breeze against his skin.
an easterly/westerly etc breeze
A gentle easterly breeze was blowing in from the Atlantic.
verbs
a breeze blows
The 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 something
The room was hot and no breeze came through the window.
a breeze stirs/ruffles something
A light breeze stirred the waters of the bay.
Examples from the Corpus
breeze• 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[intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] 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  [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。
3 breeze through something phrasal verbphr v 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。
Examples from the Corpus
breeze through • He could breeze through almost any public situation.• I breezed through college relatively unscathed.• She'd breezed through the courts, faking numbskull stupidity, 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?
Examples from the Corpus
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 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 verb
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