breath中文

• n.
  1.氣息，呼吸。
  2.呼吸力；生命。
  3.一息，一氣，一口氣；微風；聲息，微音；低語，喃喃；氣味；香氣(的漂動)。
  +更多解釋...4.一瞬間；休止，小歇。
  5.跡象，表示。
  6.【語音】無聲音，氣音。
  7.瑣事，小事。
  8.〔美俚〕洋蔥。
  短語和例子
  be short of breath 喘氣，上氣不接下氣。 have foul [bad] breath 口臭。 a hard and jerky breath 急促的呼吸。 the breath of spring 春天的氣息。 She stopped to regain her breath. 她停下來換一口氣。 Give him a little breath. 讓他歇會兒。 She got a breath of the perfectly chill night air. 她吸了一口清涼的夜氣。 In a breath the street was empty. 轉眼之間，大街上就空無一人了。 The breath of slander never touched him. 從來沒有人對他造謠中傷。 There is not a breath of air. 一絲風也沒有。 a breath of wind 一陣微風。 the breath of roses 玫瑰花的香味。 above one's breath 大聲，說出聲。 at a breath 一氣，一口氣。 below [under] one's breath 小聲，低聲細語。 breath of air 微風。 breath of life [the nostrils] 生命，靈魂；生活的必需品(Music is the breath of life to him. 音樂是他生活的必需品)。 catch one's breath 1. 歇一口氣，休息一下。 2. 別著呼吸，緊張起來。 draw a breath 吸一口氣(draw a long [deep] breath 松一口氣，放下心)。 fetch one's breath 蘇醒過來，活轉來。 gather a breath 透一口氣。 get [recover] one's breath (again) 恢復正常(呼吸)。 give up [yield] the breath 死。 hold [keep] one's breath 屏息。 in a breath 1. 一瞬間，一剎那。 2. 一口氣，一舉。 in one breath 立刻；同時；一口氣 (say yes and no in one breath 才說同意又說不同意)。 in the same breath 同時(She lost her temper and apologized in the same breath. 她剛一發火又表示道歉)。 keep [save, spare] one's breath to cool one's porridge 不如沉默不言，何必白費口舌。 knock the breath out of 使嚇一跳。 lose one's breath 透不過氣來，呼吸困難。 not a breath of 一點兒沒有(not a breath of suspicion 絲毫沒有可疑的地方)。 out of breath 大喘氣，上氣不接下氣。 pant for breath 喘。 put (sb.) out of breath 弄死。 save one's breath 不必多說，不作聲，閉口不言。 spend [waste] one's breath 徒費唇舌，說也無用，白說。 stop sb.'s breath 悶死某人。 take breath 歇一口氣，歇一歇(without taking breath 不歇地，一口氣地。 take a deep breath 長長地吸一口氣，深呼吸)。 take sb.'s breath (away) 使大吃一驚〔美語常省去 away〕。 to the last breath 至死(fight to the last breath 戰斗到最后一息)。 with bated breath 屏息地，小聲。 with one's bad breath 心懷惡意。 with the last breath 臨終時；最后。

• at a breath:    一口氣
• for breath:    停下喘口氣
• in a breath:    一口氣

例句與用法

1. Lydia let out her breath in a long sigh .
   利季婭心中一塊石頭落了地。
2. In a breath , the street was empty .
   轉眼之間，大街上就空無一人了。
3. Poetry and art are the breath of life to her .
   詩和藝術是她的命根子。
4. I found myself suddenly very short of breath .
   我覺得突然接不上氣來。
5. Mr. bounderby blew out a long, hot breath .
   龐得貝呼出一口深長的熱氣。

英文釋義

名詞

1. 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"
2. an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
   同義詞：hint, intimation
3. a slight movement of the air; "there wasn''t a breath of air in the room"
4. the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration; "his sour breath offended her"
5. a short respite
   同義詞：breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time