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Breeze: Definition, Usage & Examples Explained (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：gentle wind (breeze)

breeze 🔊

/briːz/

A gentle wind that feels pleasant and cool.

gentle wind 🔊

➕

/ˈdʒentl wɪnd/

A light and pleasant wind that is refreshing and not strong.

📁 Category：Natural Geography 🔖 Level：初级

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old Spanish/Portuguese 'briza' (northeast wind).

💡 Mnemonic

Breeze sounds like 'breathe easy', which is what a gentle wind or an easy task allows you to do.

📖 Example

We decided to go for a walk because the cool breeze made the summer evening perfect. 🔊 We decided to go for a walk because the cool gentle wind made the summer evening perfect.

🔗 Collocations

cool breeze – A refreshingly light wind that lowers temperature.

sea breeze – A cool wind blowing from the sea towards the land.

light breeze – A wind of very low speed, barely perceptible.

🔄 Synonyms

zephyr (n.) – A very soft, gentle breeze, often poetic.

puff (n.) – A small, sudden rush of wind or air.

breath (n.) – A very slight movement of air (e.g., a breath of wind).

🚫 Antonyms

gale (n.) – A very strong wind.

blast (n.) – A sudden strong gust of wind.

calm (n.) – A state of no wind or motion in the air.

🌱 Derivatives

breezy (adj.) – Characterized by or exposed to breezes; also, lively and cheerful.

📖 Cultural Story

Historically used by sailors to describe a favorable wind for sailing. This positive association likely led to the figurative use meaning 'something easily accomplished'.

Meaning 2：something easy (breeze)

breeze 🔊

/briːz/

To do something very easily and quickly, without any difficulty.

Breeze as easy task: student smiling at completed test with perfect score

something easy 🔊

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/ˈsʌmθɪŋ ˈiːzi/

Refers to a task or activity that requires very little effort and is completed quickly and without problems.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：中级

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

She had studied hard, so she was able to breeze through the difficult exam. 🔊 She had studied hard, so she was able to complete the difficult exam very easily.

🔗 Collocations

a breeze – Used informally to describe a very easy task (e.g., 'The test was a breeze').

total breeze – Emphatically describes something as completely effortless.

complete breeze – Another emphatic way to say something was extremely easy.

🔄 Synonyms

cinch (n.) – Something that is very easy or certain to happen.

cakewalk (n.) – An extremely easy task, one that requires no effort.

walkover (n.) – An easy or unopposed victory; something achieved with no difficulty.

🚫 Antonyms

challenge (n.) – A difficult task that tests one's abilities.

ordeal (n.) – A very unpleasant and prolonged experience.

struggle (n.) – A difficult effort or fight.

🌱 Derivatives

breezily (adv.) – In a casual and confident manner, as if without effort.