breeze
$ \mathrm{breeze}^1 |brēz|
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wind: 「風」の意味の最も一般的な語で, 自然の風や扇風機･エアコンなどの人工の風をさす
breeze: 比較的ゆるやかな「そよ風」や「微風」をいい, 通例, 快適さ･さわやかさなどの肯定的意味合いがある
gale: 台風などで吹く, かなりの速度と破壊力を持つ「強風」
blast, gust: ともに「突風」を表すが, blastの方が長くて強く吹く(時に人工的な)風
noun
1. a gentle wind:
そよ風, (心地よい)微風〘気象学では秒速1.6—13.8mの風〙
e.g. tantalizing cooking smells wafted on the evening breeze.
with modifier a wind of force 2 to 6 on the Beaufort scale (4–27 knots or 4.5-31 mph).
2. informal a thing that is easy to do or accomplish:
｟くだけて｠ 〖単数形で〗楽な仕事, 朝飯前のこと
e.g. traveling through London was a breeze.
verb no object, with adverbial of direction informal
come or go in a casual or lighthearted manner:
〖～＋副詞〗 〈人が〉さっそうと歩く; 楽々と進む (!〖副詞〗は方向の表現)
e.g. I breezed in as if nothing were wrong.
deal with something with apparently casual ease:
breeze through A: A〈難しい仕事など〉をさらりとやってのける; A〈税関など〉を難なく通り抜ける.
e.g. the computer has the power to breeze through huge documents
e.g. he breezed to victory.
ORIGIN
mid 16th century: probably from Old Spanish and Portuguese briza ‘NE wind’ (the original sense in English).
$ \mathrm{breeze}^2 |brēz|
noun
small cinders mixed with sand and cement to make cinder blocks.
ORIGIN
late 16th century: from French braise, (earlier) brese ‘live coals’.