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When air or weather is balmy, it is warm in a kind, gentle way — not burning, not sticky, just warm, often with a light breeze. People reach for it for a spring evening, a late-summer night, a seaside walk.
When air or weather is balmy當空氣或天氣是 balmy 的時候,it is warm in a kind, gentle way是那種溫和、舒服的暖——not burning, not sticky, just pleasantly warm不燙、不悶濕,就是舒服的溫暖,often with a light breeze常常還帶點微風。People人們 reach for it會用這個字 for a spring evening來形容春天的傍晚,a late-summer night夏末的夜晚,a seaside walk或海邊散步。
A weather report or a novel may say a balmy breeze; you would not usually call a heavy 35-degree afternoon balmy. That is simply hot.
A weather report or a novel may say a balmy breeze氣象報告或小說裡可能會說 a balmy breeze;you would not usually call a heavy 35-degree Taipei afternoon balmy但你通常不會把悶熱的35度台北午後叫做 balmy。That那 is simply hot單純就是熱。
The word feels a little soft and pleasant, even a bit old-fashioned in a nice way.
The word這個字 feels a little soft and pleasant感覺有點柔和、舒服,even a bit old-fashioned in a nice way甚至帶點討喜的老派味道。
Though actually, some British speakers also say balmy to mean a bit mad — but that is really the separate word wearing the wrong spelling. This entry is the weather one.
Though actually不過其實,some British speakers有些英國人 also say balmy to mean a bit mad也會用 balmy 來表示「有點瘋瘋的」——but that is really the separate word barmy wearing the wrong spelling但那其實是另一個字 barmy,只是拼錯了字。This entry這篇詞條 is the weather one講的是天氣的那個意思。
組成balm (the sweet-smelling oil or resin) + -y (like that). Scholars also call it a piecewise doublet of balsamic: the two words share matching older pieces, but they did not arrive by the same path.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
balmyadj/ˈbɑːmi/
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Producing balm.
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Soothing or fragrant.
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Of weather, mild and pleasant.
- The new mass hysteria is known as the Pyramid Club and began—like so many other strange and wonderful notions—somewhere under the balmy skies of California.
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informalFoolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.
- I'm going away. He's off his chump, he is. I dont want no balmies teaching me.
- 'I reckon he's balmy,' Claud said, and Bert grinned darkly, rolling his misty eye slowly round in its socket.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。