单词 | zephyr |
释义 | zephyr From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Naturezephyrzeph‧yr /ˈzefə $ -ər/ noun [countable]literaryDNAL a soft gentle windExamples from the Corpuszephyr• Joe cranked ratchets; and Tom moved around the garage like a zephyr.• Not a bird, not an insect, not a zephyr relieves that hot, heavy silence.• This one lifted up, as if carried on a zephyr, and vanished in the hazy agricultural distance.• The child was a zephyr, a wind-spirit.Origin zephyr (900-1000) Latin zephyrus “west wind”, from Greek zephyros |
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