单词 | to breeze up |
释义 | > as lemmasto breeze up 2. to breeze up (Nautical): (of a wind) to freshen, to become stronger: also impersonal. Of a noise: to rise on the breeze. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > be or become audible [verb (intransitive)] bursta1325 risea1325 sounda1325 arisec1330 wrestc1400 uprise?a1513 to meet the eye (also ear)1645 ascend1667 to breeze up1752 well1825 to break stillness1853 fade1879 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > blow (of the wind) [verb (intransitive)] > blow strongly > increase rise?1520 fresh1599 to come up1647 freshen1669 ascend1715 to get up1834 to blow up1840 stiffen1844 to breeze up1867 to pipe up1901 1752 G. Washington Diaries I. 31 At noon the Wind breezed up at So. and clouded. 1849 N. Kingsley Diary 10 Sun Easter day not much wind, quite pleasant, breezed up in the evening. 1859 H. Kingsley Recoll. G. Hamlyn xliv The noise of the distant fight breezed up louder than ever. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Breezing up, the gale freshening. 1881 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart III. vi. 292 Standing by the topsail halliards should it breeze up. < as lemmas |
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