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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 zeph·yr /ˈzɛfɚ/
 西風,和風,徐風

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Zeph·yr n.  The west wind; poetically, any soft, gentle breeze.  “Soft the zephyr blows.”
 As gentle
 As zephyrs blowing below the violet.   --Shak.
 Zephyr cloth, a thin kind of cassimere made in Belgium; also, a waterproof fabric of wool.
 Zephyr shawl, a kind of thin, light, embroidered shawl made of worsted and cotton.
 Zephyr yarn, or Zephyr worsted, a fine, soft kind of yarn or worsted, -- used for knitting and embroidery.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 zephyr
      n 1: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled
           by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his
           neck" [syn: breeze, gentle wind, air]
      2: (Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind