breezy
英英释义:
①If you describe someone as breezy, you mean that they behave in a casual, cheerful, and confident manner.【adj.随意的;乐天的;自信的】
②If you describe something as breezy, especially music or clothing, you mean that it is bright, lively, and cheerful.【adj.明快的;生动的;活泼的】
③When the weather is breezy, there is a fairly strong but pleasant wind blowing.【adj.(天气)有微风的】
例句:
①Mona tried to sound breezy.
莫娜竭力使自己的声音听上去轻松随意。
②This album is bright, breezy and playful.
这张专辑音乐轻松明快,趣味十足。
③The day was breezy and warm.
这一天微风习习,暖洋洋的。
Matt Haig的新书 The Midnight Library 也出现了这个表达:
a slew of
大量的
英英释义:
A slew of things is a large number of them.
例句:
①There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.
发生过大量枪击案。
②They dealt with a slew of other issues.
他们处理了大量的其他问题。
《经济学人》一篇题为 Wildlife wars 的文章也出现了这个表达:
拓展:
“slew”这个词大家可能比较陌生,它作为动词 表示:(使)(车辆失控)滑行,(使)侧滑 【If a vehicle slews or is slewed across a road, it slides across it.】
举个栗子:
The bus slewed sideways.
公共汽车滑到了一边。