breathless
adj. 氣喘吁吁的,喘不過氣來的; (緊張得)屏住氣息的; 透不過氣的; 死的,氣絕的
If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast...
我有點兒喘不上氣,心臟咚咚地快速跳動著。
We were breathless with anticipation.
我們滿懷期待,激動得快要無法呼吸。
You use breathless for emphasis when you are describing feelings of excitement or exciting situations.
Technology has advanced at a breathless pace.
技術進步速度驚人,日新月異。
...the breathless excitement of early 1988, when hundreds and thousands of citizens gathered nightly for political meetings.
1988年年初,興奮與狂熱的情緒令人窒息,成百上千的市民每晚聚在一起參加政治集會
1. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;
2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing;
3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;
Villefort stood watching, breathless, until his father had disappeared at the Rue Bussy.
維爾福屏息靜氣地站在那兒呆望著, 直望到他的父親拐入了蒲賽街.
It was dirty and noisy and breathless.
那個地方又髒又鬧,擠得你透不過氣來.
He was breathless after climbing ten floors.
爬了十層樓,他已上氣不接下氣了.
She sounded breathless, as if nervous but trying not to be.
她說起話來上氣不接下氣, 而且極力壓抑著緊張的心情.
I stopped, and he came up breathless.
我站住, 等他氣喘吁吁地趕上來.