| 词汇 | breeze |
| 词源 | breeze. John Hawkins and his men heard the Spanish word breza, for the northeast trade winds, on their voyage along the Spanish Main in the mid-16th century. They introduced the word to English, where it became the lovely refreshing breeze, which within 50 years was used in the sense that we employ it today. |
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