1 N-VAR [oft poss NOUN] 呼出的气体;气息 Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant. 呼出的气体;气息
2 N-VAR 吸气 When you take a breath, you breathe in once. 吸气
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He took a deep breath, and began to climb the stairs.
他深吸了一口气,然后开始爬楼梯。
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Gasping for breath, she leaned against the door.
她倚靠在门上,大口喘着气。
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He spoke for one and a half hours and barely paused for breath.
他几乎一口气没停地说了一个半小时。
SYN inhalation, breathing, pant, gasp
3 N-SING [usually with brd-neg, usually NOUN of n] (风或气流的)一丝,丝毫 If you say that there is not a breath of wind or air, you are emphasizing that there is no wind and the air is very still. (风或气流的)一丝,丝毫 [written, emphasis]
SYN gust, sigh, puff, flutter
4 N-SING [NOUN of n] 微量;少许 A breath of something, is a small amount of it. 微量;少许 [written]
SYN trace, suggestion, hint, whisper
5 PHRASE (到室外)呼吸新鲜空气,透口气 If you go outside for a breath of fresh air or for a breath of air, you go outside because it is unpleasantly warm indoors. (到室外)呼吸新鲜空气,透口气
6 PHRASE 令人耳目一新的事物;新鲜刺激的东西 If you describe something new or different as a breath of fresh air, you mean that it makes a situation or subject more interesting or exciting. 令人耳目一新的事物;新鲜刺激的东西 [approval]
7 PHRASE 喘过气来;恢复正常呼吸 When you get your breath back after doing something energetic, you start breathing normally again. 喘过气来;恢复正常呼吸 [British]
8 PHRASE 喘口气;歇口气 When you catch your breath while you are doing something energetic, you stop for a short time so that you can start breathing normally again. 喘口气;歇口气
9 PHRASE (通常因为震惊)倒吸一口冷气 If something makes you catch your breath, it makes you take a short breath of air, usually because it shocks you. (通常因为震惊)倒吸一口冷气
10 PHRASE [VERB inflects, usually with brd-neg] 喘口气;歇口气 If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing. 喘口气;歇口气
11 PHRASE 屏息;止住呼吸 If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water. 屏息;止住呼吸
12 PHRASE 屏息静气(焦急或激动地等待) If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen. 屏息静气(焦急或激动地等待) [written]
13 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 不指望(某事发生) If you say that you won't hold your breath, you mean that you do not expect something to happen even though someone has suggested that it might. 不指望(某事发生) [informal]
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'Next thing you know, I'll be dancing at your wedding,' he cried. 'Don't hold your breath,' my father replied.
“你瞧,下一件事是,我会在你的婚礼上跳舞,”他大声说。“你休想,”我父亲答道。
14 PHRASE [usu poss PHR] 最后一口气 When someone takes their last breath, they die. 最后一口气 [literary]
15 PHRASE 喘不过气;上气不接下气 If you are out of breath, you are breathing very quickly and with difficulty because you have been doing something energetic. 喘不过气;上气不接下气
16 PHRASE 但同时/但紧接着(尤用于谴责某人的言论自相矛盾) You can use in the same breath or in the next breath to indicate that someone says two very different or contradictory things, especially when you are criticizing them. 但同时/但紧接着(尤用于谴责某人的言论自相矛盾) [disapproval]
17 PHRASE 呼吸短促;呼吸困难 If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath . 呼吸短促;呼吸困难
18 PHRASE (美或惊讶得)令(人)喘不过气来;使(人)惊叹 If you say that something takes your breath away, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or surprising. (美或惊讶得)令(人)喘不过气来;使(人)惊叹 [emphasis]
19 PHRASE 压低嗓音;低声地 If you say something under your breath, you say it in a very quiet voice, often because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying. 压低嗓音;低声地
20 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 白费唇舌 If someone says you are wasting your breath, they mean that the person you are talking to will not take any notice and so there is no point saying anything to them. 白费唇舌
21 with bated breath→see: bated to fight for breath→see: fight
Word Partnership | Use breath with: |
ADJ. | bad breath, fresh breath 1 deep breath 2 |
VERB. | hold your breath 1 gasp for breath, take a breath 2 catch your breath 8 9 |
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