資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Breeze \Breeze\, n. [F. brise; akin to It. brezza breeze, Sp.
briza, brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast
wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa,
north wind, Arm. biz northeast wind.]
1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind.
Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. --Wordsworth.
2. An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of
excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery
produced a breeze. [Colloq.]
{Land breeze}, a wind blowing from the land, generally at
night.
{Sea breeze}, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the
daytime, from the sea.
資料來源 : WordNet®
sea breeze
n : a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)