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词汇 breathe
释义

breathe

verb
 
/briːð/
/briːð/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they breathe
/briːð/
/briːð/
he / she / it breathes
/briːðz/
/briːðz/
past simple breathed
/briːðd/
/briːðd/
past participle breathed
/briːðd/
/briːðd/
-ing form breathing
/ˈbriːðɪŋ/
/ˈbriːðɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs

    air/breath空气;呼吸

  1.  
    [intransitive, transitive] to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth呼吸
    • He breathed deeply before speaking again.他深深吸一口气,然后继续说下去。
    • The air was so cold we could hardly breathe.空气非常寒冷,我们难以呼吸。
    • She was beginning to breathe more easily.她呼吸开始较为顺畅了。
    • He was breathing heavily after his exertions.努力过后,他呼吸沉重。
    • breathe something Most people don't realize that they are breathing polluted air.大多数人没有意识到自己正呼吸着污染了的空气。
    • Always breathe through your nose.尽量用鼻子呼吸。
    • He was breathing raggedly, mouth open.他张着嘴,呼吸不均匀。
    • I can barely breathe here.这里我几乎无法呼吸。
    • I can't breathe properly—I'm gasping for air!我喘不过气来, 不能顺畅地呼吸!
    • They were both breathing hard from the steep climb.爬过一段陡坡,他们俩都很费力地喘着气。
    • Try to breathe normally.努力正常呼吸。
    • He hardly dared breathe in case they heard him.他几乎不敢呼吸,唯恐他们听到他的声音。
    • The men breathe air that is filtered to remove any dust or gas.人们呼吸过滤后的空气来去除灰尘或气体。
    Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • fast
    • quickly
    • rapidly
    verb + breathe
    • can
    • can barely
    • can hardly
    preposition
    • through
  2. [transitive] breathe something (+ adv./prep.) to send air, smoke or a particular smell out of your mouth呼出
    • He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.他走过来靠近我,喷得我满身酒气。
    • (figurative) She rushed into my office breathing fire and threatening me with a lawyer.她喷着火冲进我的办公室,用律师威胁我。
  3. say quietly低声说

  4. [transitive] breathe something | + speech (literary) to say something quietly低声说
    • ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.“我在这儿呢。” 她轻声说。
    • He breathed the words against her ear.他对着她的耳朵轻声说出这些话。
    • ‘Where are you?’ breathed a voice in the dark.“你在哪里,”。在黑暗中发出声音。
    • I breathed a huge sigh of relief.我松了一口气。
    • You know I'd never breathe a word to anyone.你知道我从来没有对任何人说过一句话。
    Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • huskily
    • quietly
    • softly
  5. of wine

  6. [intransitive] if you allow wine to breathe, you open the bottle and let air get in before you drink it(打开瓶盖,让酒)通气飘香
  7. of cloth/skin布料;皮肤

  8. [intransitive] if cloth, leather, skin, etc. can breathe, air can move around or through it透气
    • Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.棉织品能使皮肤透气。
  9. feeling/quality感觉;品质

  10. [transitive] breathe something (formal) to be full of a particular feeling or quality充满,散发(某种感情或品质)
    • Her performance breathed wit and charm.她的表演灵巧迷人。
  11. 词源Middle English (in the sense ‘exhale, steam’): from breath.
Idioms
breathe (easily/freely) again
  1. to feel calm again after something unpleasant or frightening has ended平静下来;松一口气
    • Once he was safely back in prison, she was able to breathe easily again.一旦他安全回到监狱,她就可以轻松地呼吸了。
breathe down somebody’s neck
  1. (informal) to watch closely what somebody is doing in a way that makes them feel anxious and/or annoyed紧盯着某人看;看得某人发毛(或心烦);监视
    • I can’t get any work done with you breathing down my neck.你盯着我,我什么工作也做不了。
breathe/rest/sleep easy
  1. to relax and stop worrying安下心;松口气
    • You can rest easy—I'm not going to tell anyone.你尽管放心,我不会告诉任何人的。
    • I can sleep easy knowing that she's safely home.知道她平安到家,我可以睡个好觉。
breathe your last
  1. (literary) to die气绝(身亡);断气
breathe (new) life into something
  1. to improve something by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it(给某事物)带来起色,注入活力
    • The results of their research have breathed new life into the debate.他们的研究结果给这场辩论注入了新的活力。
    • He hopes the development will breathe new life into the community.他希望此次开发会给社区注入新的生机。
    • They need some new, younger staff to breathe some life into the company.他们需要一些年轻的新员工为公司注入生机。
live and breathe something
  1. to be very enthusiastic about something热衷于(某事)
    • He just lives and breathes football.他非常热衷于足球。
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