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breath /breθ/ n. | phr.
n.
1. 气息，呼吸的空气
let one's breath out 呼气
draw in a breath of fresh country air 吸一口乡间清新的空气
smell liquor on sb.'s breath 从某人呼出的气中闻到酒味
2. 呼吸；呼吸能力；一次呼吸
climb mountains with less loss of breath than before 爬山时不像以前那样气促
I had no breath to call, so I waved to him to come. 我因气促而叫不出声，所以只好招手叫他过来。
fight to the last breath 战斗到最后一口气
take deep breaths 深深吸几口气
speak between laboured breaths 在粗重喘息的间隙中说
You can count the breaths left. 苟延残喘的时间屈指可数了。
3. 呼出的水气，汽
His breath was frozen in the cold air. 寒气中，他呼出的水气都结成冰了。
His breath on the window melted the frost. 他呼出的气化了窗玻璃上的霜。
4. (空气等的)轻拂；微风；(香气等的)浮动
Hardly a breath of air is moving. 连一丝儿微风也不起。
the breath of spring 春天的芬芳
5. 喘息时间，小歇；瞬间
take a breath for five minutes 小歇5分钟
The job was done in a breath. 这活儿一下子就做成了。
love that endures for a breath 转瞬即逝的爱情
6. 声息，低语(声)；话语
talk in breaths rather than in words 压着嗓门而不是吐字清晰地谈话
No breath of objection was heard. 没听到任何隐约的反对意见。
7. 迹象；暗示
He could detect even the faintest breath of scandal. 即便是丑闻的蛛丝马迹也逃不过他的眼睛。
There can be no breath of criticism for his courage. 他的勇气是完全无可非议的。
8. 生命；精神，元气
as long as I have breath 只要我一息尚存
the breath of new industry 新兴工业的活力
9. 【语】清音，气息音
10. 〈美俚〉(夹在三明治中的)一片洋葱
[< ME breth, breeth < OE brǣth smell, exhalation] phr. a breath of fresh air 使人耳目一新的人，带来新鲜感的东西；新鲜的刺激 After the offensiveness of many professional athletes, he is a breath of fresh air. 看惯了许多职业运动员唐突无礼的派头，他给人耳目一新之感。receive a breath of fresh air to help stimulate limp sales 获得新的刺激以推动滞销 a (或 the) breath of life 生命中绝对不可缺少的东西 Admiration is the breath of life to a man like him. 他这号人听不到赞美话简直就活不下去。below (或 beneath, behind) one's breath = under one's breath
before one can （或 has time to）drow breath还来不及喘口气就
breath of (或 to) sb.'s nostrils 对某人说来绝对必需的东西
catch one's breath 1. 喘息，气喘
The dogs were catching their breath after the long chase. 长途追逐后，这几条狗气喘吁吁。
2. 松一口气，歇口气
After running to the bus stop, we sat down to catch our breath. 奔到公共汽车站后，我们坐下来歇口气。
3. (因紧张、激动等)屏息
The boy caught his breath at the explosions of movement and sound in the gym. 体育馆内爆出有声有色的高潮，这小男孩紧张得气也喘不过来了。
don't hold your breath 〈口〉别当真，别指望
draw breath 1. 呼吸
2. 歇口气
3. 活在世上
when he first drew breath 当他出生之初
gather breath = take breath
get one's breath (back 或 again)1. 〈英〉喘过气来，恢复正常呼吸
She leaned against a brick building to get her breath. 她斜靠着一幢砖石建筑物，试图缓过气来。
2. (从紧张状态)恢复过来，恢复常态
The Administration got its breath back. 政府恢复了正常状态。
have no breath left (剧烈运动等后)上气不接下气
hold one's breath (因紧张、激动等)屏息
Both boys held their breath in excitement. 两个男孩都兴奋得屏息不作声。
The city holds its breath against the terrible possibility of such things happening again. 该城对这类可怕事情重演的可能性屏息提防着。
in one breath = in the same breath
in one breath… and in the next(breath) 一会儿…一会儿却又…
In one breath he speaks of simplifying the tax system, and in the next proposes something with the opposite effect. 他一会儿大谈简化税收制度，一会儿却又提出宗旨完全相反的建议。
in the same breath 1. 同时
You tell me in the same breath that it is useless to investigate the matter, and that you desire me to do it. 你一方面对我说调查此事是白搭，另一方面却又希望我去调查。
laugh and cry in the same breath 又笑又哭
2. 在同一范畴，在同一等级
Mary is a good swimmer, but she shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath with Joan. 玛丽是一位优秀的游泳运动员，但不能和琼同日而语。
keep (或 save, spare) one's breath to cool one's porridge 省点说话气力留着吹麦片粥，不白费口舌
knock the breath out of sb. 1. 蓦地使某人透不过气
The fall knocked the breath out of me. 这一跤把我摔蒙了。
2. = take away sb.'s breath
one's last (或 dying) breath 临终，濒死
out of breath 喘不过气，上气不接下气
run out of breath 跑得喘不过气
After some hours of paddling one's mind is out of breath. 蹚水赶路几小时后，脑子变得昏昏然。
save one's breath 省点说话气力；不白费口舌
Then they saved their breath for pulling. 过后他们不再说话，专心拉车。
You might as well save your breath. They will never listen to you. 你还是省点说话的气力吧，他们才不听你的。
short of breath 呼吸短促，呼吸困难
Finally he arrived, short of breath, at the roadside. 最后他终于上气不接下气地赶到路边。
slip one's breath 断气，死
spend one's breath = waste one's breath
stop sb.'s breath窒死某人
take breath歇口气，歇会儿透口气
After running, they stopped to take breath. 奔跑之后，他们停下来歇口气。
take sb.'s breath(away) (或 take away sb.'s breath) 使某人激动(或惊羡)得透不过气来
The beauty of the sight nearly took my breath away. 景色之美几乎使我目瞪口呆。
under one's breath 压着嗓子，低声地
The doctor muttered something under his breath. 大夫低声嘀咕了几句。
“Whoopee!”cheered Walter under his breath. “妙喔!”沃尔特低声叫好。
waste one's breath 徒费唇舌，白说
He is deaf to advice. You're just wasting your breath. 别人的劝告他全听不进去，你这是徒费唇舌。
with bated breath (因恐惧、紧张等)屏息以待地，焦虑地
The world waited with bated breath to see what would result from the situation. 全世界屏息注视着这一局面会导致何种结果。
yield (up) one's breath 咽气，死 |