| 单词 | breath |
| 释义 | breath /breQ; brcS/ n 1 [U] air taken into and sent out of the lungs; [C] single act of taking in and sending air out: 呼吸之空气; 气息; 一次呼吸： take a deep ~, fill the lungs with air. 作一灰深呼吸。 bad ~, with an unpleasant smell. 角臭疏的呼吸; 呼气很臭。 catch/hold one's ~, stop breathing for a moment (from fear, excitement, etc). (因恐惧、兴奋等而) 屛息。 get one's ~ (again/back), get back to the normal state. 恢复正常呼吸。 the same ~, at the same moment: 在曲一时刻： They are not to be mentioned in the same ~, cannot be compared. 他们不可同日而语。 lose one's ~, have difficulty in taking in ~, eg while running or working hard. (如因疾跑或工作辛苦而) 喘不过气来; 喘息。 out of ~, unable to take in ~ quickly enough. 喘不过气来。 speak / say sth below / under one's ~, in a whisper. 低声地说某事。 take ~, get enough ~ (after exertion) : (努力之后) 喘喘气; 歇息一会儿： Half-way up the mountain we stopped to take ~. 爬到半山时，我们停下来喘喘气。 take sb's '~ away, startle or surprise him. 使某人大为吃惊。 Hence, 畚此产生, '~-taking, adj exciting; causing awe. 紧张刺激的; 惊险的; 令人敬畏的 owaste one s ~, talk in vain 白费唇舌。 -test n test of the alcoholic contents of a person's ~. 呼吸试验 (试验人之呼吸中的酒精含量) 。 2 moving air; light breeze: 微风; 轻风： There wasn't a ~。 f air/wind, The air was quite still. 一丝微风都没有。 3 (fig) suggestion (of): (喻) 一丝痕迹; 迹象： not a ~ of suspicion/ scandal. 没有一丝疑心 (闲言闲语)。 ~less adj 1 out of ~; panting; likely to cause shortness of ~: 喘不过气来的; 喘息的; 可能引起喘息的： in a ~less hurry; 匆忙得喘不过气来; listening with ~ ss attention/ in ~ /ess expectation, with the ~ held back (in concentration or excitement). 聚精会神地 (抱着悬切希望地) 听。 2 unstirred by wind: 无风的; 空气平静的： a ~ /ess (=calm) evening. 无风的夜晚。 ~lessly adv |
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