pant
verb /pænt/
/pænt/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pant | /pænt/ /pænt/ |
| he / she / it pants | /pænts/ /pænts/ |
| past simple panted | /ˈpæntɪd/ /ˈpæntɪd/ |
| past participle panted | /ˈpæntɪd/ /ˈpæntɪd/ |
| -ing form panting | /ˈpæntɪŋ/ /ˈpæntɪŋ/ |
- to breathe quickly with short breaths, usually with your mouth open, because you have been doing some physical exercise, or because it is very hot
气喘；喘息 - She finished the race panting heavily.
她跑完比赛气喘吁吁的。 - She could hear him panting up the stairs (= running up and breathing quickly).
她听见他气喘吁吁地跑上楼。 - He found her panting for breath at the top of the hill.
上到山顶，他发现她上气不接下气。 - + speech ‘Wait for me!’ he panted.
“等等我，”。他气喘吁吁地说。
Topics Health and Fitnessc2- She was panting with the effort of carrying the suitcase.
她费劲地拎着箱子，已是气喘吁吁了。 - ‘Keep going, we'll get there in time!’ she panted.
“坚持下去，我们会按时赶到那儿的！”她气喘吁吁地说道。 - Eventually he arrived at the gate, puffing and panting.
他最终气喘吁吁地赶到了大门口。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- loudly
- slightly
- …
- for
- with
- puff and pant
词源Middle English: related to Old French pantaisier ‘be agitated, gasp’, based on Greek phantasioun ‘cause to imagine’, from phantasia ‘imagination, appearance’, later ‘phantom’, from phantazein ‘make visible’. - She finished the race panting heavily.
Idioms
puff and pant
(also puff and blow informal)
- to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effort
气喘吁吁；呼哧呼哧地喘 - Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate.
最后，他气喘吁吁地来到了门口。
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- Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate.