| 词汇 | breath |
| 释义 | breath noun uk /breθ/ us /breθ/ B1[ U ] the air that goes into and out of your lungs: 呼吸的空气;气息 out of breath He burst into the room, red-faced and out of breath (= unable to breathe comfortably because of tiredness or excitement).他冲进房间，满脸通红，气喘吁吁。 short of breath She was dizzy and short of breath (= unable to breathe in enough air).她头昏眼花，上气不接下气。 Her breath smelled of garlic.她的嘴里有大蒜味。 catch your breath( alsoget your breath, get your breath back) C1 to pause or rest for a short time until you can breathe comfortably or regularly again: 停下来将气喘匀 I had to stop running to catch my breath.我跑得喘不上气来，不得不停了下来。 draw breath(alsodraw a breath) to breathe: 呼吸 Without pausing to draw breath she told me everything.她气也不喘一口就把一切告诉了我。 to pause for a short time between doing one thing and the next: 停下来喘口气 Give me a minute to draw breath, won't you?让我歇会喘口气，行吗？ literary to be alive: He was one of the greatest sportsmen ever to draw breath. hold your breath B2 to keep air in your lungs and not release it so that you need more: 屏住呼吸 How long can you hold your breath under water?在水下你能屏住呼吸多长时间？ C2 to wait for something to happen, often feeling anxious: 屏息以待 Fans held their breath waiting for the final whistle.球迷们屏息以待终场哨声响起。 [ C ] a single action of breathing air into your lungs一次呼吸 take a breath B2 to breathe air into your lungs (as a single action): 吸气 take a deep breath The doctor told me to take a deep breath (= breathe in a lot of air).医生让我做深吸气。 a breath of air the smallest amount of wind: 一丝微风 There wasn't a breath of air in the room.房间里一点儿都不透气。 a short period of time spent outside: 在外面稍微呆一会儿;透气 I'm just going out for a breath of (fresh) air - I won't be long.我去外面透透气 ——很快就回来。 Her breath reeked of garlic.她一吐气就有一股难闻的大蒜味。 I heard his breath rasping in his chest.我听到他呼吸时胸腔里发出刺耳的声音。 The disease may cause cold sweating, nausea, vomiting and shortness of breath . She paused to get her breath back and then carried on jogging. It's terribly smoky in here - I'm just going out for a breath of fresh air.这里面乌烟瘴气的——我只是出去呼吸一下新鲜空气。 Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing aerobic asphyxia asphyxiation aspirate aspiration breathable breathe (something) in choke draw breathphrase expire huff and puffidiom hyperventilation lungful non-breathing out of breath pant puffed puffed out stifle strangulation Idiomsa breath of fresh air in the same breath take someone's breath away under your breath with your last/dying breath breath | American Dictionarybreath noun[ C/U ] us/breθ/ the air that you take into and let out of your lungs: [ Cusually sing ]She drew/took a deep breath. [ U ]He seemed a little out of breath (= to be breathing too fast). [ Cusually sing ]As he jumped in the pool, he held his breath (= delayed releasing the air in his lungs). Idioma breath of fresh air Examples of breathbreath The peak inspiratory pressure, delivered breaths per minute, and thefractionof inspired oxygen all significantly increased during stemal closure. The upper plot refers to data recorded during three 1-min periods when the author had eyes closed and was slowly counting his breaths to facilitate relaxation. The test is initiated by the driver placing the sensor head in his / her mouth then taking a few deep breaths and blowing into the device. The average was 15 breaths per minute. Step 2 further decreases physiological arousal and engages the mind by focusing interest in the benign mental operations of attending to one's breaths and counting them. We held our breaths, quite correctly in the circumstances, and were passed fit to continue with our journey. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After catching our breaths at their honesty, at least we could say that they had given a few honest, straightforward reasons for a change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One is tempted to use the word "catalyst" again, or, at least, shall we call it a temporary resting place, where hard-pressed officials can get their breaths back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have encountered breaths of fresh air. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anxiety was repor tedly par ticularly intense at night and linked to feelings of helplessness when spouses became acutely shor t of breath. The actor also keeps attentive to the breath. When someone begins to feel anxious, breathing rhythms change from slow constant breaths to quick, short breaths (also known as hyperventilating). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The ventilator breaths are synchronized with patient inspiratory effort. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As little as 3.53 ppm can be detected as an odor, and 1000 ppm is likely to be fatal after a few deep breaths. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of breath These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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