breathe
verb/briːð/
/briːð/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they breathe | /briːð/ /briːð/ |
| he / she / it breathes | /briːðz/ /briːðz/ |
| past simple breathed | /briːðd/ /briːðd/ |
| past participle breathed | /briːðd/ /briːðd/ |
| -ing form breathing | /ˈbriːðɪŋ/ /ˈbriːðɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth
呼吸 - He breathed deeply before speaking again.
他深深吸一口气，然后继续说下去。 - The air was so cold we could hardly breathe.
空气非常寒冷，我们难以呼吸。 - She was beginning to breathe more easily.
她呼吸开始较为顺畅了。 - He was breathing heavily after his exertions.
劳累之后，他呼吸粗重。 - breathe something Most people don't realize that they are breathing polluted air.
大多数人没有意识到自己正呼吸着污染了的空气。
Extra ExamplesTopics Bodyb1- Always breathe through your nose.
尽量用鼻子呼吸。 - He was breathing raggedly, mouth open.
他张着嘴，呼吸不均匀。 - I can barely breathe here.
这里我几乎无法呼吸。 - I can't breathe properly—I'm gasping for air!
我喘不过气来， 不能顺畅地呼吸！ - They were both breathing hard from the steep climb.
爬过一段陡坡，他们俩都很费力地喘着气。 - Try to breathe normally.
努力正常呼吸。 - He hardly dared breathe in case they heard him.
他几乎不敢呼吸，唯恐他们听到他的声音。 - The men breathe air that is filtered to remove any dust or gas.
男人们呼吸的空气经过过滤，去除了灰尘或气体。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fast
- quickly
- rapidly
- …
- can
- can barely
- can hardly
- …
- through
- He breathed deeply before speaking again.
- [transitive] breathe something (+ adv./prep.) to send air, smoke or a particular smell out of your mouth
呼出 - He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
他走过来靠近我，喷得我满身酒气。 - (figurative) She rushed into my office breathing fire and threatening me with a lawyer.
她冲进我的办公室，向我喷火，并用律师威胁我。
- He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
- [transitive] breathe something | + speech (literary) to say something quietly
低声说 - ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
“我在这儿呢。”她轻声说。
Extra Examples- He breathed the words against her ear.
他在她耳边吐出这句话。 - ‘Where are you?’ breathed a voice in the dark.
“你在哪儿？”黑暗中传来一个声音。 - I breathed a huge sigh of relief.
我松了一口气。 - You know I'd never breathe a word to anyone.
你知道我永远不会对任何人说一句话。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- huskily
- quietly
- softly
- …
- ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
- [intransitive] if you allow wine to breathe, you open the bottle and let air get in before you drink it
（打开瓶盖，让酒）通气飘香 - [intransitive] if cloth, leather, skin, etc. can breathe, air can move around or through it
透气 - Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.
棉织品能使皮肤透气。
- Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.
- [transitive] breathe something (formal) to be full of a particular feeling or quality
充满，散发（某种感情或品质） - Her performance breathed wit and charm.
她的表演灵巧迷人。
- Her performance breathed wit and charm.
air/breath
say quietly
of wine
of cloth/skin
feeling/quality
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘exhale, steam’): from breath.
Idioms
breathe (easily/freely) again
- to feel calm again after something unpleasant or frightening has ended
平静下来；松一口气 - Once he was safely back in prison, she was able to breathe easily again.
当他安全回到监狱后，她又可以轻松呼吸了。
- Once he was safely back in prison, she was able to breathe easily again.
breathe down somebody’s neck
- (informal) to watch closely what somebody is doing in a way that makes them feel anxious and/or annoyed
紧盯着某人看；看得某人发毛（或心烦）；监视 - I can’t get any work done with you breathing down my neck.
有你在我的脖子上盯着我，我什么工作都完成不了。
- I can’t get any work done with you breathing down my neck.
breathe/rest/sleep easy
- to relax and stop worrying
放松不再担忧 - You can rest easy—I'm not going to tell anyone.
你尽管放心，我不会告诉任何人的。 - I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home.
知道她安全回家了，我就可以安心入睡了。
- You can rest easy—I'm not going to tell anyone.
breathe your last
- (literary) to die
长逝；走向人生终点
breathe (new) life into something
- to improve something by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it
（给某事物）带来起色，注入活力 - The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate.
他们的研究结果为这场争论注入了新的活力。
Extra Examples- He hopes the development will breathe new life into the community.
他希望此次开发会给社区注入新的生机。 - They need some new, younger staff to breathe some life into the company.
他们需要一些年轻的新员工为公司注入生机。
- The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate.
live and breathe something
- to be very enthusiastic about something
热衷于；对…极感兴趣 - He just lives and breathes football.
他非常热衷于足球。
- He just lives and breathes football.