breath
n. 呼吸的空气; 一口气; 微量,迹象
Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
I could smell the whisky on his breath...
我能闻到他呼出的威士忌的味道。
Smoking causes bad breath.
吸烟会导致口臭。
When you take a breath, you breathe in once.
He took a deep breath, and began to climb the stairs...
他深吸了一口气,然后开始爬楼梯。
Gasping for breath, she leaned against the door...
她倚靠在门上,大口喘着气。
If you say that there is not a breath of wind or air, you are emphasizing that there is no wind and the air is very still.
Not even a breath of wind stirred the pine branches.
一丝风也没有,松树枝条纹丝不动。
A breath of something, is a small amount of it.
It was left to Martina to add a breath of common sense to the proceedings.
这件事交由马丁娜处理,她会使整个过程显得更符合情理一些。
If you go outside for a breath of fresh air or for a breath of air, you go outside because it is unpleasantly warm indoors.
If you describe something new or different as a breath of fresh air, you mean that it makes a situation or subject more interesting or exciting.
Her brisk treatment of an almost taboo subject was a breath of fresh air.
她把这个近乎禁忌的话题处理得很轻松,令人耳目一新。
When you get your breath back after doing something energetic, you start breathing normally again.
I reached out a hand to steady myself against the house while I got my breath back.
我伸出一只手抵住墙壁撑着身子,让自己喘口气。
When you catch your breath while you are doing something energetic, you stop for a short time so that you can start breathing normally again.
He had stopped to catch his breath and make sure of his directions.
他曾停下来歇口气,同时确定一下方向。
If something makes you catch your breath, it makes you take a short breath of air, usually because it shocks you.
Kenny caught his breath as Nikko nearly dropped the bottle.
尼科差点儿把瓶子摔了,这让肯尼倒吸了一口气。
If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water.
I held my breath and sank under the water.
我屏住呼吸沉入水底。
If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen.
The whole world holds its breath for this speech.
整个世界都屏住呼吸等待这一讲话。
If you say that you won't hold your breath, you mean that you do not expect something to happen even though someone has suggested that it might.
'Next thing you know, I'll be dancing at your wedding,' he cried. 'Don't hold your breath,' my father replied.
“你瞧,下一件事是,我会在你的婚礼上跳舞,”他大声说。“你休想,”我父亲答道。
When someone takes their last breath, they die.
His wife sat with him until he drew his last breath.
他的妻子坐在他跟前,直到他咽下最后一口气。
If you are out of breath, you are breathing very quickly and with difficulty because you have been doing something energetic.
There she was, slightly out of breath from running.
她在那儿,跑得有点儿喘不过气来。
You can use in the same breath or in the next breath to indicate that someone says two very different or contradictory things, especially when you are criticizing them.
He hailed this week's arms agreement but in the same breath expressed suspicion about the motivations of the United States.
他为本周达成的武器协议而欢呼,但同时又对美国的动机表示怀疑。
If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath .
She felt short of breath and flushed...
她感到呼吸困难,脸颊绯红。
Any exercise that causes undue shortness of breath should be stopped.
任何导致呼吸出现困难的锻炼都应停止。
If you say that something takes your breath away, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or surprising.
I heard this song on the radio and it just took my breath away.
我是从收音机里听到这首歌的,它令我惊叹不已。
If you say something under your breath, you say it in a very quiet voice, often because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying.
Walsh muttered something under his breath.
沃尔什小声嘟囔了一句。
If someone says you are wasting your breath, they mean that the person you are talking to will not take any notice and so there is no point saying anything to them.
The tone of her voice told him he was wasting his breath.
她的语气使他明白他是在白费口舌。
1. the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing;
2. the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration;
3. a short respite
4. an indirect suggestion;
5. a slight movement of the air;
before one can (或 has time to) draw breath
顷刻之间,弹指之间
a breath of fresh air
少量的新鲜空气,短暂的时间内呼吸到的新鲜空气
the breath of life
生命中不可缺少的东西
catch one's breath
(因惊讶或害怕而)屏息
松一口气,歇一口气
don't hold your breath
(非正式)(用于表示某事不会发生)别憋着呼吸,别期望太高
draw breath
吸气
get one's breath back
喘过气来,恢复正常呼吸
hold one's breath
屏气
in the — breath
在…时
the (或 one's) last breath
临终,濒死;死
take breath
歇口气,歇会儿透口气
take someone's breath away
使某人激动(或惊羡)得透不过气来
under (或 below) one's breath
压低嗓子,低声地
waste one's breath
徒费唇舌,白说
It was mere waste of breath to argue with a person in so unreasonable a state of mind.
与一个如此不讲道理的人争论纯粹是浪费口舌.
Save your breath; the boss will never give you the day off.
省点口舌吧, 老板不会给你一天假的.
Let's go out for a breath of air.
咱们出去松散松散吧.
Breath informs the body.
呼吸给身体以活力.
Save your breath to cool your porridge.
不要白费口舌了.