| 单词 | with bated breath |
| 释义 | with bated breathwith bated breath WORRIEDfeeling very anxious or excited 屏住呼吸〔表示焦急或兴奋〕 He waited for a reply to his offer with bated breath. 他焦急地等待着对方对他的出价作出答复。 Examples from the Corpus with bated breath• From July onwards the town of Whaddon had waited with bated breath.• So now I wait with bated breath.• I was waiting with bated breath for him to say something, anything, that wasn't a cliche.• The soldiers' families waited with bated breath for news.• Neither Bradford nor Birmingham regrets entering the tourist trade - the industry waits with bated breath to see how Swindon fares. → with bated breath at bated(1) |
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