zephyr
zephyr 英 [ˈzefə(r)] 美 [ˈzɛfɚ]
n. 和风；西风；轻薄织物
名词复数:zephyrs
- Besides being the name of Babar's monkey friend in the much-beloved picture books about the elephant Babar, a zephyr is a gentle breeze.
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- n. 和风；西风；轻薄织物
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1. Real train pros. They have taken Amtrak's zephyr from San Francisco to Denver, and the Empire Builder through Glacier National Park, from Chicago to Seattle.
他们搭乘美国铁路公司的西风列车从旧金山到丹佛，然后再搭乘铁路帝国列车从芝加哥出发，穿越国家冰川公园来到西雅图。
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2. We had a layover of several hours in Chicago before boarding the zephyr for San Francisco, so we dashed over to the Art Institute to see the excellent new Renzo Piano wing.
在芝加哥登上西风号快车前往旧金山前，我们有几个小时的空余时间，所以我们就赶到芝加哥艺术学院去看由建筑大师伦佐·皮亚诺设计的新楼。
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3. Our train trip would take us overnight from New York to Chicago, where we would board the California zephyr, which would carry us through Denver into San Francisco.
我们从纽约乘夜车到芝加哥，在芝加哥转乘加州西风号火车经过丹佛到达旧金山。
- zephyr (n.) mid-14c., from Old English Zefferus, from Latin Zephyrus (source also of French zéphire, Spanish zefiro, Italian zeffiro), from Greek Zephyros "the west wind" (sometimes personified as a god), probably related to zophos "the west, the dark region, darkness, gloom." Extended sense of "mild breeze" is c. 1600. Related: Zephyrean.
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