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| | the air that goes in and out of your body through your nose or mouth 气息；呼吸的空气 | He could feel her cool breath on his face. 他可以感觉到她呼在他脸上的那种凉丝丝的气息。 | | His breath smelt strongly of alcohol. 他呼出的气中有很浓的酒味。 | | | a | the act of getting air into your lungs by breathing 呼吸 | | take a breath She took a long slow breath to calm down. 她慢慢地长吸一口气，让自己镇静下来。 | | a deep breath (=a breath that fills your lungs) Take a deep breath and dive into the water. 深吸气 | | a shallow breath (=a breath in which you breathe only a small amount of air) quick shallow breaths 浅呼吸 | | |
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| - | a breath of air/wind mainly literary
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| a very small movement of the air |
| 微风 |
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| - | a breath of fresh air
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| 1 | informal someone or something that is new , interesting , and exciting 使人耳目一新的人；带来新鲜感的事物；新的活力 |
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| 2 | a short time that you spend outside （到户外）呼吸新鲜空气的时段 | I went outside for a breath of fresh air. 我出去吸了口新鲜空气。 | |
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| - | don’ t hold your breath spoken
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| used for telling someone not to expect something to happen because it probably will not |
| 你别指望了 |
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| If you’ re waiting for him to apologize, don’ t hold your breath. 如果你在等他来道歉，那就别指望了。 |
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| - | fighting/struggling for breath
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| almost unable to breathe |
| 上不来气；几乎不能呼吸 |
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| He lay there in terrible pain, fighting for breath. 他躺在那里疼得要命，几乎上不来气。 |
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| - | get your breath back
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| to have a short rest after doing something tiring , so that you can start breathing normally again |
| 喘过气来；恢复正常呼吸 |
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| - | hold your breath
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| to breathe in and not let the air out again for some time |
| 屏住呼吸 |
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| Simon held his breath and dived under the surface. 西蒙屏住呼吸，潜入水中。 |
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| - | in the same breath
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| 1 | used for saying that someone has said two things that cannot both be true 同时（说互相矛盾的话） | She says the treatment is safe, and then in the same breath says that patients should be warned about possible side-effects. 她说这种治疗是安全的，但同时又说应该警告病人可能出现的副作用。 | |
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| 2 | if you talk about two people or things in the same breath , you mention them together because they are similar 同一类；相似 | I don’ t think you can mention his poetry in the same breath as that of Heaney or Hughes. 我认为你不能把他的诗和希尼或休斯的诗相提并论。 | |
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| - | sb’ s last/final breath literary
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| the moment when someone dies |
| 临终；濒死 |
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| - | out of breath
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| breathing fast and with difficulty , for example because you have been running |
| 上气不接下气 |
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| She was out of breath from climbing the stairs. 她爬楼梯爬得上气不接下气。 |
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| - | save your breath
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| used for telling someone that they should not give advice to a person because that person will not listen |
| 不要白费口舌 |
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| - | take your breath away
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| 1 | to be extremely impressive or beautiful （印象深刻或美丽得）使人目瞪口呆 | It was one of those musical moments that can take your breath away. 那正是那些能让你大为惊叹的美妙的音乐瞬间之一。 | |
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| 2 | to be extremely shocking 使人大吃一惊 |
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| - | under your breath
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| if you say something under your breath , you say it in a very quiet way so that it is difficult for people to hear |
| 压着嗓子；低声地 |
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| See also | | - bad breath | | - catch 1 | |
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