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zephyr

/zef-er/US // ˈzɛf ər //UK // (ˈzɛfə) //

泽泻

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a gentle, mild breeze.
    • : Literary. the west wind.
    • : any of various things of fine, light quality, as fabric, yarn, etc.

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Examples

  • Scholar-activists Larry Lessig and Zephyr Teachout have recently been working to revive it.

  • Meanwhile, in a closely watched contest in New York, Andrew Cuomo easily defeated liberal law professor Zephyr Teachout.

  • Zephyr Teachout clocked the governor Tuesday in big, progressive stretches of New York, taking 35 percent of the primary vote.

  • And Zephyr Teachout is going to be a big part of it, as well.

  • Zephyr Teachout lives in a fifth-floor walkup in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

  • Not a zephyr ruffled the leaf of a rose, and a soft breathing fragrance bathed his reposing senses.

  • And his speech, softer than the softest breath of a zephyr wafted in a wood, sweet and mysterious, reached my ear.

  • Though your house trembles in all its timbers and shakes upon its keel, you think yourself a sailor cradled by a zephyr.

  • So we see Psyche borne aloft by Zephyr through the twilight to the nuptial abode of Eros.

  • Or again, he paints Zephyr swinging roguishly by the side of a stream.