| 释义 |
breeze
noun- something that is achieved easily and quickly US, 1928
- [T]he boosts are a breeze. — Gone in 60 Seconds, 2000
- in horse racing, an easy pace during a workout or race US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 16, 1951
- an escape from prison US, 1948
- — Harold Wentworth and Stuart Berg Flexner, Dictionary of American Slang, p. 62, 1960
- a prison sentence that is nearly completed US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 806, 1962
- a calm, collected person US
- — K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 48, 1992
- the air used in air brakes US, 1939
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 260, 1946
- (of a car) power US
- Clean as a whistle. They both got plenty breeze. — Rebel Without a Cause, 1955
- used as a term of address US
- — Current Slang, p. 2, Fall 1966
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