Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #4405
breeze
微风
A light, gentle wind.
- 1.
A light, gentle wind.
微风；和风。
- 2.
A gadfly; a horsefly; a strong-bodied dipterous insect of the family Tabanidae.
牛虻；马蝇；虻科的一种体型强健的双翅目昆虫。
- 3.
Ashes and residue of coal or charcoal, usually from a furnace. See Wikipedia article on Clinker.
煤或木炭的灰烬和残渣,通常来自熔炉。
- 4.
a slight wind (usually refreshing)
微风(通常令人清爽)
- 5.
Any activity that is easy, not testing or difficult.
轻而易举的事；不费力的事。
- 6.
any undertaking that is easy to do
容易做的事情
- 7.
Wind blowing across a cricket match, whatever its strength.
板球比赛中吹过的风,无论强弱。
- 8.
An excited or ruffled state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel.
激动或不安的情绪；兴奋的骚动；混乱；争吵。
- 9.
A brief workout for a racehorse.
赛马的短暂训练。
轻而易举的事；易事；牛虻；虻；煤渣；炉渣；骚动；争吵；板球场上的风
In use
A cool breeze blew through the open window.
We sat on the porch, enjoying the gentle breeze.
There was a light breeze that rippled the surface of the lake.
the breeze was cooled by the lake
a / an (adjective) breeze
A gentle breeze blew through the open window.
一阵微风吹过敞开的窗户。
the breeze + verb
The breeze carried the scent of flowers.
微风带来了花香。
in the breeze
Connections
Collocations
- gentle breeze
- 微风
- A gentle breeze blew through the open window.一阵微风从敞开的窗户吹进来。
- cool breeze
- 凉风
- We sat on the porch enjoying the cool breeze.我们坐在门廊上享受凉风。
- sea breeze
- 海风
- The sea breeze kept the beach comfortable.海风让海滩很舒适。
- a breeze
- 轻而易举的事
- The exam was a breeze for her.这次考试对她来说轻而易举。
- be a breeze
- 是件容易的事
- With modern tools, the job is a breeze.有了现代工具，这项工作很容易。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把breeze中的两个e想象成两片树叶，微风拂过，树叶轻轻摆动。
Context & Register
语气：中性；常见场景：描述天气或微风拂面的感觉，多用于日常对话和文学作品。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in '-eeze' (freeze, squeeze, sneeze, wheeze) share the same spelling pattern and all rhyme with breeze (/briːz/). Words ending in '-ease' (tease, please) also rhyme but have a different spelling.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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