breath
n. 呼吸的空氣; 一口氣; 微量,跡象
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...
我能聞到他撥出的威士忌的味道。
Smoking causes bad breath.
吸菸會導致口臭。
When you take a breath, you breathe in once.
He took a deep breath, and began to climb the stairs...
他深吸了一口氣,然後開始爬樓梯。
Gasping for breath, she leaned against the door...
她倚靠在門上,大口喘著氣。
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.
一絲風也沒有,松樹枝條紋絲不動。
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.
這件事交由馬丁娜處理,她會使整個過程顯得更符合情理一些。
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.
她把這個近乎禁忌的話題處理得很輕鬆,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.
我伸出一隻手抵住牆壁撐著身子,讓自己喘口氣。
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.
他曾停下來歇口氣,同時確定一下方向。
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.
尼科差點兒把瓶子摔了,這讓肯尼倒吸了一口氣。
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.
整個世界都屏住呼吸等待這一講話。
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,我會在你的婚禮上跳舞,”他大聲說。“你休想,”我父親答道。
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,直到他嚥下最後一口氣。
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.
她在那兒,跑得有點兒喘不過氣來。
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.
他為本週達成的武器協議而歡呼,但同時又對美國的動機表示懷疑。
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...
她感到呼吸困難,臉頰緋紅。
Any exercise that causes undue shortness of breath should be stopped.
任何導致呼吸出現困難的鍛鍊都應停止。
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.
我是從收音機裡聽到這首歌的,它令我驚歎不已。
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.
沃爾什小聲嘟囔了一句。
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.
她的語氣使他明白他是在白費口舌。
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
頃刻之間,彈指之間
a breath of fresh air
少量的新鮮空氣,短暫的時間內呼吸到的新鮮空氣
the breath of life
生命中不可缺少的東西
catch one's breath
(因驚訝或害怕而)屏息
鬆一口氣,歇一口氣
don't hold your breath
(非正式)(用於表示某事不會發生)別憋著呼吸,別期望太高
draw breath
吸氣
get one's breath back
喘過氣來,恢復正常呼吸
hold one's breath
屏氣
in the — breath
在…時
the (或 one's) last breath
臨終,瀕死;死
take breath
歇口氣,歇會兒透口氣
take someone's breath away
使某人激動(或驚羨)得透不過氣來
under (或 below) one's breath
壓低嗓子,低聲地
waste one's breath
徒費唇舌,白說
It was mere waste of breath to argue with a person in so unreasonable a state of mind.
與一個如此不講道理的人爭論純粹是浪費口舌.
Save your breath; the boss will never give you the day off.
省點口舌吧, 老闆不會給你一天假的.
Let's go out for a breath of air.
咱們出去鬆散鬆散吧.
Breath informs the body.
呼吸給身體以活力.
Save your breath to cool your porridge.
不要白費口舌了.