breeze
要点微風・そよ風
意味
- 『微風
そよ風』,軟風 - 《英話》ちょっとした口論(けんか)
- 《おもに米話》容易なこと,楽なこと
- 軽快に動く(進む)
例文
Look at those flowers trembling in the breeze.
そよ風にゆれるあの花々をごらんなさい。
You seem to breeze through everything in life.
世渡り上手ね。
There is usually a cool breeze here in the evening.
当地では夕方によく涼しい風が吹く。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From the earlier (nautical) term brise, brize (“breeze”), from Middle English brees (“wind”). Ultimate origin obscure. Variously supposed to derive from a Germanic source like Saterland Frisian Briese (“breeze”), West Frisian brys (“a cool wind”), Dutch bries (“breeze”), early Dutch brysen (“to blow cool and fresh”), or from Spanish brisa (“northeast wind”). The earliest attestations are in Middle English brees (1460), Catalan brisa, and Italian brezza (all in 15th century), with Spanish (1504) and Portuguese briza (16th century) following closely after. The aforementioned Dutch cognates and French brise, however, are attested later than the term in English.