zephyr

noun
🔊/ˈzefə(r)/
🔊/ˈzefər/
(literary)
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  1. a soft gentle wind和风;微风Topics Weatherc2
    Word Originlate Old English zefferus, denoting a personification of the west wind, via Latin from Greek zephuros ‘(god of the) west wind’. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.