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Definition of breathe in English: breatheverb briːðbrið [no object]1Take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process. 呼吸 她正在做深呼吸。 breathe in through your nose 用鼻子吸气。 他重重地呼了口气。 with object we are polluting the air we breathe 我们正在污染我们呼吸的空气。 Example sentencesExamples - I paused to breathe in deeply before continuing the attack.
- If you breathe in those spores, you can get the infection.
- Put your lips over the mouthpiece and breathe in deeply and quickly.
- When we breathe in, the lungs take in oxygen, which our cells need to live and carry out their normal functions.
- He did not answer, he closed his eyes and breathed out deeply, ignoring my question.
- She holds the client steady and asks him to breathe in deeply.
- However, at certain heights the air thinned drastically, and it took a trained lung to breathe in those areas.
- When you breathe in through your windpipe, the air moves through your bronchial tubes into your air sacs.
- Other people breathe in the bacteria and may become infected.
- His eyes slid closed, and he breathed out deeply, placing his hands over hers.
- Our bodies are rhythmic - our blood flows, heart beats and lungs breathe in patterns.
- The soft tissues in the upper airway vibrate when you breathe in and out.
- Through the air process or through inhalation, you actually don't breathe in all that much mercury.
- Close your eyes and breathe in very deeply, concentrate on the days pleasant happenings.
- Having the child breathe in the moist air through his mouth will sometimes break a croup attack.
- She breathed out deeply trying to set it up in her mind.
- I breathed out deeply and tried to relax my tense muscles.
- I had to breathe in deeply, to try and gather my thoughts.
- It moves downward when we breathe in, enlarging the chest cavity and pulling air in through the nose or mouth.
- Their function is to condition the air we breathe in and to conduct it to the alveoli.
Synonyms inhale and exhale, respire, draw breath puff, pant, blow, gasp, wheeze technical inspire, expire literary suspire - 1.1 (of a fish) draw in water with dissolved oxygen through the mouth and force it out through the gills.
you will see the gill cover opening and the gills fluttering, as water is drawn over the gills and the fish breathes - 1.2 (of a cell, tissue, or living organism) exchange gases, especially by means of a diffusion process.
adult amphibians also breathe through their skin plants breathe through all their organs, including roots 植物用根呼吸。 Example sentencesExamples - All the rain we've had means that the worms can't breathe.
- This helps the fish breathe and keeps the water from smelling rotten.
- Around him, the Dogs breathed like so many bellows, and the crisp snow crackled beneath his feet.
- Avoid blocking the nose with food or formula so your kitten can breathe easily and not panic.
- The palomino horse was breathing heavily with all the running, and he deserved rest.
- The plant breathes in that carbon monoxide and says, ‘Oh, thank goodness.’
Synonyms inhale and exhale, respire, draw breath - 1.3 Be alive; remain living.
at least I'm still breathing 至少我还活着。 Example sentencesExamples - We did travel to California, just two weeks before she stopped breathing on our living room couch.
- At each visit, the prison employee should verify that the inmate is alive and breathing.
- He was alive and breathing, but he was bleeding profusely from his side.
- After all this time she was alive, living, breathing, and walking on the earth.
- There was no stronger smell than that of a man decaying while he is yet alive and breathing.
- He was alive and breathing, but he was muttering as though out of his mind, and a bandage covered his eyes.
- He was a living, breathing, example of every comic's worst nightmare.
- It's like treating a living, breathing, thinking, feeling human being as some sort of dynamic, organic art project.
- It is, in short, an idea that is utterly indissoluble from our own living, breathing, everyday reality.
- But when their enemies lived nearby, ‘you shall save alive nothing that breathes, but you shall utterly destroy them.’
- If you are breathing and awake and alive, you have some little dream to keep you going.
- Up till this morning, you were alive, living and breathing and doing alive things.
- Having a living, breathing, THINKING opponent really makes a world come to life.
- It's passionate, and breathing, and alive, and it gets into your blood and makes your bones twist themselves up.
- A figure of myself, alive and breathing, stands before me with gleaming eyes.
- The garden was a living, breathing, creature that now seemed intent upon swallowing her up.
- Everyone cried and laughed for joy when they saw their elders alive and breathing.
- They were still alive, still living and breathing and smiling.
- The ocean's like a living, breathing, super-organism, using solar energy to drive the atmosphere with heat.
- All he wanted was to sit alone and perform the menial, unthinking actions necessary to remain breathing.
Synonyms be alive, be living, live, have life, continue in existence informal be in the land of the living, be alive and kicking - 1.4literary (of wind) blow softly.
〈诗/文〉（风）轻吹 Example sentencesExamples - I could hear the soft wind breathing through the snow, and I was so cold.
- The suns' rays beat sharply on the maiden's back and a light wind breathed through the folds of her outfit.
- Unconsciously she shivered from a combination of the nipping wind that breathed against her skin and the gust of apprehension escaping her lips.
- Turning to her side, she could feel the cool breeze breathing down upon her from the ventilation shaft above.
- As a sly wind breathed wispily beneath my collared shirt, I opened the main doors to the school and stepped inside.
Synonyms blow softly, whisper, murmur, sigh - 1.5with direct speech Say something with quiet intensity.
（低声细气地）说出，吐露 ‘We're together at last,’ she breathed “我们终于团聚了，"她轻声说道。 Synonyms whisper, murmur, purr, sigh, say - 1.6with object Give an impression of (something)
呈现出，留下…印象 the whole room breathed an air of hygienic efficiency 整个房间给人一种卫生整洁的印象。 Example sentencesExamples - The formidable royal castle towering above the Danube still breathes the air of this era.
- The room seemed to breathe the air of a different era.
- The whole picture breathes timidity and refinement.
- His poem breathes the air of Middle Europe in the 1820s.
- Every sentence breathes the character of its author.
Synonyms give an impression of, suggest, indicate, be indicative of, have all the hallmarks of - 1.7 (of wine) be exposed to fresh air.
（酒）暴露于新鲜空气 letting a wine breathe allows oxygen to enter 把酒暴露于新鲜空气让氧气进入。 Example sentencesExamples - Pour out this wine and let it breathe while you're cooking up some lamb chops.
- Decanting the wine also introduces air into the wine letting the wine breathe.
- Do you want to let the wine breathe before dinner?
- This wine is easy to drink and got better as it breathed.
- Such wines should be left to breathe for a short time before serving simply to allow any bottle sickness to dissipate.
- 1.8 (of material or soil) admit or emit air or moisture.
（材料，土壤）通气；透水 let your lawn breathe by putting air into the soil 松松土让你的草坪通通气。 Example sentencesExamples - A smoke machine breathes white mist over the empty dancefloor.
- Thatch breathes, can use local materials, is highly insulating, and is extremely beautiful.
- Plastic is no good for the soil because soil needs to breathe.
- Cotton breathes better than most fabrics and offers great absorbency.
- Treasures here are stored in tissue paper rather than plastic because paper breathes.
- 1.9with object Allow (a horse) to rest after exertion.
让（马）小憩缓气，使歇息 Example sentencesExamples - They had slowed down in front of us because of the amount the brush there was and to let the horses breathe.
- 1.10breathe uponarchaic, literary Tarnish or taint.
〈古，诗/文〉（使）失去光泽；（被）玷污 before the queen's fair name was breathed upon 在皇后的美名被玷污之前。 Example sentencesExamples - He had never heard of the slightest suspicion being breathed upon the name of a judge after he had been elevated to the bench.
PhrasesRelax after being frightened or tense about something. （害怕，紧张之后）放松；放下心来 she wouldn't breathe freely again until she was airborne 直到飞机起飞以后她才会松口气。 Example sentencesExamples - When we finally pulled up to the club, I started breathing again.
- I tried to restrain my thoughts and truly relax to some extent where I could breathe again.
- Only when the light turned from red to green did he allow himself to breathe again.
- I did my best to help her, but at the moment I was still so stunned I could barely start breathing again.
- They relax her and she feels like she can breathe again.
- I started breathing again after I found out he wasn't going to walk away in disgust.
- When the door clicked closed behind him, I began breathing again.
- I really needed to leave what was normal and everyday to me and change in order to breathe again.
- Shutting the door behind her, she began breathing again.
- It felt like hours before he could breathe again, before he could relax his jaw and focus.
breathe down someone's neck 1Follow closely behind someone. 紧跟在某人后面 three wins would have seen us breathing down the neck of United at the top of the table Example sentencesExamples - The claustrophobic camera follows him around the workshop, breathing down his neck.
- Take one last look in your rear-view mirror at that muscle-bound, angular-featured SUV bully breathing down your neck.
- He was always right behind me, breathing down my neck.
- Furthermore, France may be breathing down your neck.
- He has a lead, but Kerry is breathing down his neck.
- 1.1Constantly check up on someone.
密切监视某人 she's quite capable of looking after herself without her parents breathing down her neck all the time Example sentencesExamples - I've got the king breathing down my neck constantly.
- I can't sleep with you breathing down my neck.
- If you quit breathing down my neck once in a while maybe I can actually do something right here!
- I've got enough things to deal with without you breathing down my neck all the time.
- The quicker Darlene can get her anger out, the less time you'll have to spend with her breathing down your neck.
- Stifling a laugh is terribly hard, especially if the librarian is breathing down your neck from over ten feet away.
- She tells him, ‘It must be hard to grow up when your father is breathing down your neck all the time.’
- I wanted to enjoy some free time without her breathing down my neck.
- ‘I'm my own boss, there's no one breathing down my neck,’ he said.
- You had to live with your parents breathing down your neck 24/7.
Synonyms harass, pester, nag, go on at, keep on at, keep after, badger, hound, harry, harp on at, chivvy, trouble, bother, worry, torment, annoy, plague, bedevil, persecute
as soon as King Henry had breathed his last the barons turned on each other Example sentencesExamples - Perhaps he was among those unfortunate souls who were prisoners or maybe he had already breathed his last.
- The only place with possible clues to his identity is the hospital where he breathed his last.
- He breathed his last at the hospital at around 0930 hrs on Friday morning.
- Erik smiled weakly and breathed his last in his king's arms.
- I know I'm going to remember this till I breathe my last.
- And the flames of their life's work would burn in his eyes, his heart, until every last abomination had breathed their last.
- Finally, in the triumph of a soul at last filled with peace, the minister breathed his last.
- I watched as the doctor pulled the plug on the life support and he breathed his last.
- ‘Nothing like breathing your last to give you new life,’ said the master of paradox Samuel Beckett.
- Through the smoke he saw the magnificent grizzly bear slumped over and breathing his last.
Synonyms pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx
Fill with enthusiasm and energy; reinvigorate. 注入活力；振兴 the Prime Minister would breathe new life into his party 总理会为他的政党注入新的活力。 Example sentencesExamples - I mean, I love fleshing them out, feeling them, breathing life into them.
- Portraying their vibrancy and the sheer emotional drama of their everyday lives, he breathes life into his characters.
- They rejuvenate their age-old vocal style by breathing new life into some time-worn standards.
- The opera company has a reputation for breathing new life into neglected masterpieces.
- An unlearned spontaneity breathes life into the best pieces here.
- Some directors combined visual and aural experimentation to breathe life into what they viewed as a moribund art form.
- It is certainly breathing new life into a flagging design economy.
- His work is entirely digital with creative textures and themes breathing life into his three-dimensional models.
- Even under a heavy latex suit, his intensity comes through and breathes life into what could be a wooden role.
- Reality shows are breathing life into the careers of some unlikely people.
Synonyms reinvigorate, revitalize, re-energize, brace, fortify, strengthen, give new strength to, give a boost to, build up, bolster, prop up, help, renew, regenerate, restore, revive, revivify, rejuvenate, reanimate, resuscitate, refresh, reawaken, rekindle, enliven, stimulate, put some spark into, kick-start, uplift instil, infuse, inject, impart, imbue with, transfuse
Exhale noisily as a sign of relief. they breathed a great sigh of relief after the election was won Example sentencesExamples - Now, they're probably breathing a sigh of relief at the White House.
- Though reaching an agreement still looks tough, both parties are breathing a sigh of relief.
- She told herself to breathe a sigh of relief, but somehow the relief she'd expected didn't come.
- You felt this too and your shoulders seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
- But when you reach home, you shut the windows, switch on the fan, and relax, breathing a sigh of relief.
- ‘Thank you,’ I said finishing the speech and breathing a sigh of relief.
- I walked out of school breathing a sigh of relief.
- Grateful for the relief and happy at the prospect of sleep, Ely breathed a sigh of relief.
- And I suspect that a lot of people can be breathing a sigh of relief that those talks didn't go any farther than they did.
- ‘Oh, good, you're here,’ he said, breathing a sigh of relief.
Remain silent about something secret. 保守秘密，守口如瓶 they would never breathe a word of anything that happened on that fateful night Example sentencesExamples - You didn't breathe a word about bringing him along.
- He should have told shareholders the bad news, but he didn't breathe a word to anybody.
- My father had caught up with the two of them, but he didn't breathe a word for two days afterwards.
- That boy doesn't breathe a word about you.
- Please don't breathe a word to anybody else about this, I don't want it coming out.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense 'exhale, steam'): from breath. Rhymesbequeath, enwreathe, Meath, seethe, sheathe, teethe, wreathe Definition of breathe in US English: breatheverbbriðbrēT͟H [no object]1Take air into the lungs and then expel it, especially as a regular physiological process. 呼吸 breathe in through your nose 用鼻子吸气。 他重重地呼了口气。 with object we are polluting the air we breathe 我们正在污染我们呼吸的空气。 she was wheezing as she breathed Example sentencesExamples - She breathed out deeply trying to set it up in her mind.
- Their function is to condition the air we breathe in and to conduct it to the alveoli.
- It moves downward when we breathe in, enlarging the chest cavity and pulling air in through the nose or mouth.
- He did not answer, he closed his eyes and breathed out deeply, ignoring my question.
- When you breathe in through your windpipe, the air moves through your bronchial tubes into your air sacs.
- However, at certain heights the air thinned drastically, and it took a trained lung to breathe in those areas.
- His eyes slid closed, and he breathed out deeply, placing his hands over hers.
- Put your lips over the mouthpiece and breathe in deeply and quickly.
- Our bodies are rhythmic - our blood flows, heart beats and lungs breathe in patterns.
- I paused to breathe in deeply before continuing the attack.
- Having the child breathe in the moist air through his mouth will sometimes break a croup attack.
- If you breathe in those spores, you can get the infection.
- When we breathe in, the lungs take in oxygen, which our cells need to live and carry out their normal functions.
- I breathed out deeply and tried to relax my tense muscles.
- The soft tissues in the upper airway vibrate when you breathe in and out.
- Close your eyes and breathe in very deeply, concentrate on the days pleasant happenings.
- I had to breathe in deeply, to try and gather my thoughts.
- Through the air process or through inhalation, you actually don't breathe in all that much mercury.
- She holds the client steady and asks him to breathe in deeply.
- Other people breathe in the bacteria and may become infected.
Synonyms inhale and exhale, respire, draw breath - 1.1 (of a fish) draw in water with dissolved oxygen through the mouth and force it out through the gills.
you will see the gill cover opening and the gills fluttering, as water is drawn over the gills and the fish breathes - 1.2 (of a cell, tissue, or living organism) exchange gases, especially by means of a diffusion process.
adult amphibians also breathe through their skin plants breathe through all their organs, including roots 植物用根呼吸。 Example sentencesExamples - Avoid blocking the nose with food or formula so your kitten can breathe easily and not panic.
- This helps the fish breathe and keeps the water from smelling rotten.
- Around him, the Dogs breathed like so many bellows, and the crisp snow crackled beneath his feet.
- All the rain we've had means that the worms can't breathe.
- The palomino horse was breathing heavily with all the running, and he deserved rest.
- The plant breathes in that carbon monoxide and says, ‘Oh, thank goodness.’
Synonyms inhale and exhale, respire, draw breath - 1.3 Be alive; remain living.
at least I'm still breathing 至少我还活着。 Example sentencesExamples - They were still alive, still living and breathing and smiling.
- Up till this morning, you were alive, living and breathing and doing alive things.
- He was a living, breathing, example of every comic's worst nightmare.
- The garden was a living, breathing, creature that now seemed intent upon swallowing her up.
- He was alive and breathing, but he was muttering as though out of his mind, and a bandage covered his eyes.
- He was alive and breathing, but he was bleeding profusely from his side.
- It is, in short, an idea that is utterly indissoluble from our own living, breathing, everyday reality.
- Everyone cried and laughed for joy when they saw their elders alive and breathing.
- It's passionate, and breathing, and alive, and it gets into your blood and makes your bones twist themselves up.
- Having a living, breathing, THINKING opponent really makes a world come to life.
- All he wanted was to sit alone and perform the menial, unthinking actions necessary to remain breathing.
- It's like treating a living, breathing, thinking, feeling human being as some sort of dynamic, organic art project.
- If you are breathing and awake and alive, you have some little dream to keep you going.
- After all this time she was alive, living, breathing, and walking on the earth.
- At each visit, the prison employee should verify that the inmate is alive and breathing.
- We did travel to California, just two weeks before she stopped breathing on our living room couch.
- There was no stronger smell than that of a man decaying while he is yet alive and breathing.
- A figure of myself, alive and breathing, stands before me with gleaming eyes.
- The ocean's like a living, breathing, super-organism, using solar energy to drive the atmosphere with heat.
- But when their enemies lived nearby, ‘you shall save alive nothing that breathes, but you shall utterly destroy them.’
Synonyms be alive, be living, live, have life, continue in existence - 1.4literary (of wind) blow softly.
〈诗/文〉（风）轻吹 Example sentencesExamples - Unconsciously she shivered from a combination of the nipping wind that breathed against her skin and the gust of apprehension escaping her lips.
- I could hear the soft wind breathing through the snow, and I was so cold.
- As a sly wind breathed wispily beneath my collared shirt, I opened the main doors to the school and stepped inside.
- Turning to her side, she could feel the cool breeze breathing down upon her from the ventilation shaft above.
- The suns' rays beat sharply on the maiden's back and a light wind breathed through the folds of her outfit.
Synonyms blow softly, whisper, murmur, sigh - 1.5with direct speech Say something with quiet intensity.
（低声细气地）说出，吐露 “We're together at last,” she breathed “我们终于团聚了，"她轻声说道。 Synonyms whisper, murmur, purr, sigh, say - 1.6with object Give an impression of (something)
呈现出，留下…印象 the whole room breathed an air of hygienic efficiency 整个房间给人一种卫生整洁的印象。 Example sentencesExamples - The whole picture breathes timidity and refinement.
- Every sentence breathes the character of its author.
- The formidable royal castle towering above the Danube still breathes the air of this era.
- His poem breathes the air of Middle Europe in the 1820s.
- The room seemed to breathe the air of a different era.
Synonyms give an impression of, suggest, indicate, be indicative of, have all the hallmarks of - 1.7 (of wine) be exposed to fresh air.
（酒）暴露于新鲜空气 red wine needs untold time to breathe Example sentencesExamples - Do you want to let the wine breathe before dinner?
- Decanting the wine also introduces air into the wine letting the wine breathe.
- Pour out this wine and let it breathe while you're cooking up some lamb chops.
- This wine is easy to drink and got better as it breathed.
- Such wines should be left to breathe for a short time before serving simply to allow any bottle sickness to dissipate.
- 1.8 (of material or soil) admit or emit air or moisture.
（材料，土壤）通气；透水 let your lawn breathe by putting air into the soil 松松土让你的草坪通通气。 Example sentencesExamples - A smoke machine breathes white mist over the empty dancefloor.
- Treasures here are stored in tissue paper rather than plastic because paper breathes.
- Cotton breathes better than most fabrics and offers great absorbency.
- Thatch breathes, can use local materials, is highly insulating, and is extremely beautiful.
- Plastic is no good for the soil because soil needs to breathe.
- 1.9with object Allow (a horse) to rest after exertion.
让（马）小憩缓气，使歇息 Example sentencesExamples - They had slowed down in front of us because of the amount the brush there was and to let the horses breathe.
- 1.10breathe uponliterary, archaic Tarnish or taint.
〈古，诗/文〉（使）失去光泽；（被）玷污 before the queen's fair name was breathed upon 在皇后的美名被玷污之前。 Example sentencesExamples - He had never heard of the slightest suspicion being breathed upon the name of a judge after he had been elevated to the bench.
PhrasesRelax after being frightened or tense about something. （害怕，紧张之后）放松；放下心来 she wouldn't breathe freely again until she was airborne 直到飞机起飞以后她才会松口气。 Example sentencesExamples - Shutting the door behind her, she began breathing again.
- It felt like hours before he could breathe again, before he could relax his jaw and focus.
- They relax her and she feels like she can breathe again.
- I tried to restrain my thoughts and truly relax to some extent where I could breathe again.
- When we finally pulled up to the club, I started breathing again.
- I started breathing again after I found out he wasn't going to walk away in disgust.
- Only when the light turned from red to green did he allow himself to breathe again.
- I really needed to leave what was normal and everyday to me and change in order to breathe again.
- When the door clicked closed behind him, I began breathing again.
- I did my best to help her, but at the moment I was still so stunned I could barely start breathing again.
breathe down someone's neck 1Follow closely behind someone. 紧跟在某人后面 Example sentencesExamples - He has a lead, but Kerry is breathing down his neck.
- He was always right behind me, breathing down my neck.
- The claustrophobic camera follows him around the workshop, breathing down his neck.
- Furthermore, France may be breathing down your neck.
- Take one last look in your rear-view mirror at that muscle-bound, angular-featured SUV bully breathing down your neck.
- 1.1Constantly check up on someone.
密切监视某人 Example sentencesExamples - If you quit breathing down my neck once in a while maybe I can actually do something right here!
- I've got enough things to deal with without you breathing down my neck all the time.
- ‘I'm my own boss, there's no one breathing down my neck,’ he said.
- I wanted to enjoy some free time without her breathing down my neck.
- The quicker Darlene can get her anger out, the less time you'll have to spend with her breathing down your neck.
- She tells him, ‘It must be hard to grow up when your father is breathing down your neck all the time.’
- You had to live with your parents breathing down your neck 24/7.
- Stifling a laugh is terribly hard, especially if the librarian is breathing down your neck from over ten feet away.
- I can't sleep with you breathing down my neck.
- I've got the king breathing down my neck constantly.
Synonyms harass, pester, nag, go on at, keep on at, keep after, badger, hound, harry, harp on at, chivvy, trouble, bother, worry, torment, annoy, plague, bedevil, persecute
Example sentencesExamples - ‘Nothing like breathing your last to give you new life,’ said the master of paradox Samuel Beckett.
- And the flames of their life's work would burn in his eyes, his heart, until every last abomination had breathed their last.
- I know I'm going to remember this till I breathe my last.
- I watched as the doctor pulled the plug on the life support and he breathed his last.
- The only place with possible clues to his identity is the hospital where he breathed his last.
- Erik smiled weakly and breathed his last in his king's arms.
- Through the smoke he saw the magnificent grizzly bear slumped over and breathing his last.
- Perhaps he was among those unfortunate souls who were prisoners or maybe he had already breathed his last.
- Finally, in the triumph of a soul at last filled with peace, the minister breathed his last.
- He breathed his last at the hospital at around 0930 hrs on Friday morning.
Synonyms pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx
Fill with enthusiasm and energy; reinvigorate. 注入活力；振兴 spring breathes new life into a wintry woods Example sentencesExamples - It is certainly breathing new life into a flagging design economy.
- I mean, I love fleshing them out, feeling them, breathing life into them.
- Some directors combined visual and aural experimentation to breathe life into what they viewed as a moribund art form.
- The opera company has a reputation for breathing new life into neglected masterpieces.
- Even under a heavy latex suit, his intensity comes through and breathes life into what could be a wooden role.
- Reality shows are breathing life into the careers of some unlikely people.
- An unlearned spontaneity breathes life into the best pieces here.
- His work is entirely digital with creative textures and themes breathing life into his three-dimensional models.
- They rejuvenate their age-old vocal style by breathing new life into some time-worn standards.
- Portraying their vibrancy and the sheer emotional drama of their everyday lives, he breathes life into his characters.
Synonyms reinvigorate, revitalize, re-energize, brace, fortify, strengthen, give new strength to, give a boost to, build up, bolster, prop up, help, renew, regenerate, restore, revive, revivify, rejuvenate, reanimate, resuscitate, refresh, reawaken, rekindle, enliven, stimulate, put some spark into, kick-start, uplift instil, infuse, inject, impart, imbue with, transfuse
Exhale noisily as a sign of relief (often used hyperbolically) they breathed a great sigh of relief after the election was won Example sentencesExamples - ‘Oh, good, you're here,’ he said, breathing a sigh of relief.
- And I suspect that a lot of people can be breathing a sigh of relief that those talks didn't go any farther than they did.
- Though reaching an agreement still looks tough, both parties are breathing a sigh of relief.
- Grateful for the relief and happy at the prospect of sleep, Ely breathed a sigh of relief.
- Now, they're probably breathing a sigh of relief at the White House.
- But when you reach home, you shut the windows, switch on the fan, and relax, breathing a sigh of relief.
- I walked out of school breathing a sigh of relief.
- She told herself to breathe a sigh of relief, but somehow the relief she'd expected didn't come.
- ‘Thank you,’ I said finishing the speech and breathing a sigh of relief.
- You felt this too and your shoulders seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Remain silent about something; keep secret. 保守秘密，守口如瓶 Example sentencesExamples - My father had caught up with the two of them, but he didn't breathe a word for two days afterwards.
- That boy doesn't breathe a word about you.
- You didn't breathe a word about bringing him along.
- Please don't breathe a word to anybody else about this, I don't want it coming out.
- He should have told shareholders the bad news, but he didn't breathe a word to anybody.
OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘exhale, steam’): from breath. |