breath

复数：breaths

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

• 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

• 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

• human breath人的气息

• 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

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

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。