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| 1 | I/T to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth and let it out again 呼吸 |
| He held her so tightly she could hardly breathe. 他紧紧地抱住她，使她几乎透不过气来。 |
| We can no longer have confidence in the quality of the air we breathe. 我们无法再对我们呼吸的空气质量抱有信心。 |
| Doctors said he was having difficulty breathing. 医生说他呼吸有困难。 |
| breathe deeply/hard/heavily (=take a lot of air into your lungs) She leant against the door, breathing deeply. 深呼吸/用力呼吸/呼吸粗重 |
| | 1a | T to bring other substances into your mouth or lungs as you breathe 吸入 | | I don’ t want to breathe other people’ s smoke. 我不想吸入别人吐出的烟。 | |
| | 1b | I +onto blow air from your mouth onto something 呼出 | | She breathed on her glasses then polished them on her shirt. 她对着眼镜哈气，然后用衬衫擦亮眼镜。 | |
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| 2 | I clothes that can breathe are made from cloth with very small holes that allow air in （衣服）透气 |
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| 3 | T literary to say something very quietly 低声说出 |
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| 4 | I if you let wine breathe , you open it a short time before you drink it so that the flavour improves （酒）通气透香 |
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| - | breathe down sb’ s neck
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| to watch closely what someone is doing , in a way that annoys them |
| 密切监视某人 |
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| Go away, I can’ t work with you breathing down my neck. 走开，你这么盯着我，我无法工作。 |
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| - | breathe (easily/freely) again
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| to relax because you are no longer in a difficult or dangerous situation |
| 松口气；安下心来 |
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| We found that file, so you can breathe again. 我们找到了那份档案，所以你可以松口气了。 |
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| - | breathe your last (breath) literary
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| to die |
| 断气；死去 |
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| - | breathe (new) life into sth
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| to provide something with new ideas, new energy etc, so that it improves and is more likely to be successful again |
| 给某物注入（新的）活力 |
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| - | breathe a sigh of relief
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| to stop worrying because something bad is no longer likely to happen |
| 发出如释重负的轻叹；轻松地舒了口气 |
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| - | breathing fire informal
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| very angry |
| 非常愤怒的 |
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| - | not breathe a word
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| to keep something a secret |
| 只字不提；不透露秘密 |
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| Promise me that you won’ t breathe a word about this to Anna. 答应我别将这事告诉安娜。 |
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| PHRASAL VERBS |
| - | ˌbreathe ˈin |
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| | I/T to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth 吸（气） | It hurts when I breathe in. 我吸气时会痛。 | | | a | T to take other substances into your lungs through your nose or mouth 吸入 | | They needed medical treatment after breathing in toxic fumes. 他们吸入毒气后需要治疗。 | | |
| - | ˌbreathe ˈout |
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| | I/T to send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth 呼（气） | Now breathe out slowly. 现在慢慢呼气。 | | | a | T to send other substances out of your lungs through your nose or mouth 呼出 | | We breathe in air and breathe out carbon dioxide. 我们吸入空气呼出二氧化碳。 | | |
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