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    zephyr

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Nature
    zeph·yr /ˈzefə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  literaryDNAL a soft gentle wind 和风，微风
    Examples from the Corpus
    zephyr• 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
    zeph·yr nounChineseSyllable
    Corpus a soft wind gentle


    zephyr
    zeph‧yr /ˈzefə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
     Date: 900-1000
     Language: Latin
     Origin: zephyrus 'west wind', from Greek zephyros
    literary a soft gentle wind


    zephyrBrE /ˈzefə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈzefər/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned or literary) a soft gentle wind 和风；微风