breath
英 [breθ] 美 [brɛθ]

n.

呼吸；一口气；呼吸力；微量

变形

复数：breaths

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [U]气息; 呼吸 air taken into and breathed out of the lungs
2. [C](一次)呼吸,一口气; 微风 a single act of breathing air in and out once; light wind
3. [U]迹象 a slight sign of sth

英英释义

breath[ breθ ]

• n.
  • the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

    "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath"

  • the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration

    "his sour breath offended her"

  • a short respite

    同义词：breatherbreathing placebreathing spacebreathing spellbreathing time

  • an indirect suggestion

    "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"

    同义词：hintintimation

  • a slight movement of the air

    "there wasn't a breath of air in the room"

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

• breathe one's last breath死,断气
• catch one's breath喘气
• draw a breath吸一口气
• gather breath歇口气
• get one's breath back缓口气
• get one's breath again缓口气
• hold one's breath屏住呼吸
• knock the breath out of sb使某人大吃一惊
• lose one's breath喘不过气来
• pause for breath停下来缓口气
• save one's breath不做声,沉默
• stop sb's breath把某人闷死
• take breath呼吸,歇口气
• take sb's breath away使某人大吃一惊
• waste one's breath白费口舌

形容词+～

• bad breath口臭
• deep breath深呼吸
• heavy breath沉重的呼吸
• last breath最后一口气
• long breath深呼吸,长长的一口气
• short breath急促的喘息

名词+～

• human breath人的气息

介词+～

• above one's breath高声地
• after a breath喘口气后
• in a breath一口气,立刻,异口同声地
• in the same breath同时
• out of breath上气不接下气
• under one's breath悄声地
• speak under one's breath低声细语
• with one's last breath临终时

词组短语

deep breath深呼吸

take a deep breath深呼吸

out of breath喘不过气来，上气不接下气

shortness of breath气促；呼吸浅短

take your breath away使大吃一惊；使人高兴得说不出话来；令人屏息

bad breath口臭（等于halitosis）

breath in vt. 吸气；呼进

take a breath喘口气；深深地吸一口气

breath of life不可缺少的东西

in the same breath同时

take my breath away使大吃一惊；让我无法呼吸

short of breath呼吸短促

catch my breath喘气；随着我的呼吸

save your breath别唠叨了；省口气吧；别白费口舌了

life breath鼓舞因素

breath of air微风

in one breath 一口气；同时（等于in the same breath）

with bated breath (因恐惧、焦虑而)屏息地，不出声地[见 breath] , (因恐惧、紧张、焦虑、敬畏等)屏息地，屏息以待地，期待地，焦急地

gasp for breath 呼吸十分困难， 上气不接下气

take breath歇口气，喘口气

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双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He caught his breath in surprise.
   他惊奇得屏住了呼吸。
2. His chest heaves with every breath.
   他的胸部随着呼吸而起伏。
3. It took us a few minutes to get our breath back after the race.
   赛跑后我们用了好几分钟才恢复了正常呼吸。
4. His breath smelt suspiciously of drink.
   他嘴里呼出的气息好象有酒味。
5. The delicious breath of rain was in the air.
   空中弥漫着清新的雨的气息。

权威例句

Reactive oxygen species: a breath of life or death?
Breath-hold gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography of the abdominal aorta and its major branches.
Standardisation of the single-breath determination of carbon monoxide uptake in the lung.
The deep inspiration breath-hold technique in the treatment of inoperable non-small-cell lung cancer.
A standardized breath holding technique for the clinical measurement of the diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide.
Spiral volumetric CT with single-breath-hold technique, continuous transport, and continuous scanner rotation
Deep inspiration breath-hold technique for lung tumors: the potential value of target immobilization and reduced lung density in dos...
Normalization of lactulose breath testing correlates with symptom improvement in irritable bowel syndrome. a double-blind, randomize...
Central pulmonary thromboembolism: diagnosis with spiral volumetric CT with the single-breath-hold technique--comparison with pulmon...
Focal liver lesion detection and characterization with diffusion-weighted MR imaging: comparison with standard breath-hold T2-weight...