| 释义 |
breathe /briːð/ vi. | vt. | phr.
❶ vi.
1. 呼吸；呼；吸
breathe deeply 深呼吸
be unable to breathe because of the smoke 烟呛得透不过气
breathe through one's mouth in sleep 睡眠时用嘴呼吸
The whale breathed on me at close range. 鲸在近距离内对着我呼气。
2. 喘气
breathe hard 剧喘
3. (花、酒)暴露于新鲜空气，通气透香；(织物)透气
Open the bottle and leave it on the counter; the wine will need time to breathe. 把瓶子打开，在柜上放一会，这酒需要时间通气才散发醇香。
a fabric that breathes 透气织物
4. 歇口气，小歇
Stop your questions, and give me a chance to breathe. 你别提问题了，给我个机会歇口气。
5. 低声细气说；低吟，轻唱；发出低声
We couldn't even breathe in the baby's room. 我们在婴儿室甚至连大气也不敢出。
a whisper breathing low 轻声的低语
6. 活着，生存
as long as sb. breathes 只要某人一息尚存
He is still breathing. 他还活着。
every animal that breathes on earth 地球上所有活着的动物
7. (风)轻拂；散发水气；散发气息
The wind breathed through the trees. 风在树丛中轻轻吹过。
breathe on each lens of one's eyeglasses 在眼镜的每一片镜片上呵气
8. 【语】发清音，发气息音
9. 呈现，变得可察觉
A complacency breathed from both of them. 他们两人都显出一种踌躇满志的样子。
10. (内燃机)通气；调节容器(或槽等)内压力至大气压力
❷ vt.
1. 呼吸
breathe some fresh air 呼吸一些新鲜空气
breathe the breath of liberty 呼吸自由空气
2. 吸入；呼出
breathe the scent of pines 吸入松木的香味
breathe tobacco smoke into sb.'s face 把烟喷在某人脸上
breathe fire against one's boss 火冒三丈地顶撞老板
3. 使喘气，使喘息
That pace will soon breathe you. 按那种步速赶路，一会儿你就将气喘吁吁。
4. 让(马)小息缓气，使歇息
The rider breathed his horse. 骑者让他的马歇一下喘口气。
5. (尤指低声细气地)说出；吐露
breathe a prayer 低声作祷告
breathe words of love into a girl's ear 往姑娘耳中送去喁喁情话
breathe a sigh of relief 发出如释重负的轻叹
Don't breathe a word of it to him. 对他只字别提这事。
6. 发散；将…注入；流露，呈现出
breathe an odour of flowers into the windows 向窗内送来一阵花香
breathe some warmth into the frosty relations between the two countries 在两国冷冰冰的关系中注入一些暖意
His whole conversation breathed war. 他的言论充满战争叫嚣。
a novel that breathes despair 流露绝望情调的小说
7. 【语】发(清音)，发(气息音)
8. 使呼吸新鲜空气，在户外遛(狗)
9. 吹奏…出声
10. 割开(静脉)放血
[<ME brethen<breth breath] phr. as I live and breathe 〈口〉[表示惊奇]真出意外，活着怎么也想不到 As I live and breathe, he's here again after 20 years! 真想不到，20年后他又在这儿了! breathe again (焦急、紧张、痛苦等之后)松一口气，放下心来，恢复正常 I could breathe again after passing the exam. 考试通过之后我可以松一口气了。breathe down sb.'s neck 见 neck¹
breathe easily (或 easy) 松一口气，放下心来
The new regime is now breathing easier. 新政权现在总算稍稍缓过气来了。
breathe freely 1. 〈喻〉自由呼吸
a relaxed political atmosphere in which one can breathe freely 一种可让人自由呼吸的宽松政治气氛
2. = breathe easily
breathe in 1. 吸；吸入
He couldn't breathe in until he reached the surface. 在浮上水面之前，他无法吸气。
breathe in poison gas 吸入毒气
2. 全神贯注地听
breathe in every word one's father is saying 把父亲的话字字句句听进去
breathe on 1. 呼气于，往…上呵气
2. 〈古〉〈诗〉污损
breathe on sb.'s name 污损某人的名誉
breathe one's last 断气，死
The sick man breathed his last at ten o'clock this morning. 病人今晨10时断气。
His vanity breathed her last during the night. 一夜之间他的虚荣心烟消云散。
breathe out 1. 呼；呼出
The doctor told the patient to lie still and breathe out. 医生让病人躺着别动，并作呼气动作。
breathe out wine fumes 呼出酒气
2. 低声说出
He breathed out the secret just before he died. 临死前他低声说出了那个秘密。
breathe upon = breathe on |