| 词汇 | breath |
| 释义 | breath | BrE brɛθ, AmE brɛθ | noun ① uncountable (air taken in or expelled from lungs) 气息 ▸ to smell sth on sb's breath 从某人呼出的气中闻到某气味 ▸ (to have) bad breath （有）口臭 ▸ under one's breath 低声地 ▸ to be the breath of life (to sb) 是（某人）生命中不可或缺的东西 ② uncountable (breathing) 吸入的空气 ▸ to stop/pause for breath 停下来/暂停下来喘气 ▸ to draw breath literal 吸气 figurative literary 活着 ▸ as kind a man as ever drew breath 天底下最善良的人 ▸ (to be) out of breath 上气不接下气 ▸ (to be) short of breath 呼吸困难 ▸ to get one's breath back British 喘过气来 ▸ I hardly had time to get my breath back between meetings 我的会一个接一个，几乎没时间喘口气 ▸ to hold one's breath 屏住呼吸 ▸ don't hold your breath! informal (no need for immediate action, excitement) 别急！ ▸ to catch one's breath 歇口气 ▸ to take sb's breath away figurative 使某人惊叹 ▸ to save one's breath informal 不费口舌 ▸ to waste one's breath (doing sth) 白费口舌（做某事） ③ countable (inhalation) 吸气 ▸ to take a deep breath literal 深吸一口气 figurative 注意听着 ▸ a breath of fresh air literal (clean air) 新鲜空气 figurative (refreshing change) 新鲜的刺激 ▸ to go outside for a breath of (fresh) air 出去透透气 ▸ to count to 50 in a single breath 一口气数到50 ▸ in the same breath 同时 ▸ with one's last or dying breath 在弥留之际 ▸ to draw one's last breath literary 死去 ④ countable singular (air, movement) 轻拂 ▸ a breath of air or wind 一丝微风 ▸ the first breath of spring figurative 第一股春天的气息 ⑤ countable singular figurative (hint, suggestion) 迹象 ▸ a breath of sth; 某事的迹象 ▸ a breath of scandal 丑闻的蛛丝马迹 |
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