no obj.
1- (of a person) breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages（人）喘, 喘息：
the illness often leaves her wheezing.
那病常使她气喘。
1.1
- with obj. utter with such a sound喘息地说出, 气喘吁吁地说：
he could barely wheeze out his pleas for a handout
他气喘吁吁地, 几乎连乞求施舍的要求都说不出
with direct speech 'Don't worry son,'he wheezed.“别担心, 儿子,"他上气不接下气地说道。
1.2
- no obj. with adverbial of direction walk or move slowly with such a sound气喘吁吁地走动：
she wheezed up the hill towards them.
她上气不接下气地爬上山, 向他们走去。
1.3
- (of a device) make an irregular rattling or spluttering sound（器械）气喘似的响, 呼哧呼哧作响：
the engine coughed, wheezed, and shrieked into life.
发动机先是发出喀喀声, 然后呼哧呼哧地响, 最后长啸一声启动了。
usu. in sing.
1
- a sound of or as of a person wheezing喘息声, 气喘声：
I talk with a wheeze.
我说话时气喘吁吁。
2
- Brit. informal a clever or amusing scheme, idea, or trick〈英, 非正式〉巧妙主意, 计谋, 伎俩; 玩笑：
a new wheeze to help farmers.
帮助农家的新计策。
派生词
wheezer
nounwheezingly
adverb词源
late Middle English: probably from Old Norse hv æsa 'to hiss'.