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单词 breathe
释义
breathe
verb
uk
/briːð/us
/briːð/

breatheverb(AIR)

B1[IorT]
tomoveairinto and out of thelungs:
呼吸
It's soairlessin here - I canhardlybreathe.这里太闷了——我几乎不能呼吸。
Theinstructortold us to breatheindeeplyand then breatheoutslowly.教练让我们深吸气，然后缓慢吐气。
I'msorryif I'm breathing(=blowingoutaircontaining)garlicfumesalloveryou!如果我口里的大蒜味儿熏着你了，我很抱歉！
More examples
  • When you breathe out, youexpelairfromyourlungs.
  • Theatmospherein theroomwas sostuffyI couldhardlybreathe.
  • Thefirefightersworerespiratorstohelpthem breathe in the smoke-filledhouse.
  • Thedoctorsare doing all that they can, but she's still not breathingproperly.
  • I breathed in thecrispmountainairdeeply.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
  • aerobic
  • aerobic respiration
  • anaerobic respiration
  • asphyxia
  • asphyxiation
  • breathable
  • breathlessly
  • draw breathphrase
  • exhale
  • expire
  • heave
  • puff
  • shallow
  • shortness
  • sleep apnoea
  • smother
  • strangulate
  • suffocation
  • throttle
  • winded
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breatheverb(WORDS)

[I,+ speech]literary
to say something veryquietly:
低声说
"Here they come," he breathed.“他们来了，”他低声说。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ways of talking
  • beg the questionidiom
  • blah
  • blether
  • blither
  • coo
  • declaim
  • declamatory
  • drone on
  • gabble
  • loose
  • mumble
  • pipe
  • ramble
  • rattle on/away
  • stage whisper
  • talk trashidiom
  • throwyourvoiceidiom
  • trill
  • word salad
  • yak
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Ways of speaking

breatheverb(WINE)

[I]food & drinkspecialized
If youallowwineto breathe, youopenthebottlefor ashorttimebefore youdrinkfrom it, inordertoimprovethe wine'sflavour.
（让酒）通气飘香
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Wines & winemaking
  • -bodied
  • ageworthy
  • amontillado
  • blender
  • blush
  • claret
  • corkage
  • fruitiness
  • full-bodied
  • grape
  • hock
  • jeroboam
  • Lambrusco
  • plonk
  • plummy
  • spritzig
  • spumante
  • super-smooth
  • table wine
  • terroir
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Idioms

breatheyourlast
breathe downsomeone'sneck
breathe easier
breathe (new) life into sth
(Definition ofbreathefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

breathe| American Dictionary

breathe
verb[I/T]
us
/brið/
to takeairinto thelungsandletit out again:
[I]He was sochokedup withemotionthat it was hard to breathe.
[T]It wasgreatto beoutsideagain and breathe thefreshair.

Idioms

breathe easier
breathe life into
(Definition ofbreathefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofbreathe

breathe
For example, planning breathing between phrases systematically and marking this on the music generally increased their sense of control.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is just as useless tobreatheonly with your belly as it is tobreatheonly with your chest.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This pattern was often accentuated whilst breathing out between phrases, when the process needed to be quick, or whilst trying to play quietly.
From theCambridge English Corpus
As air breathing increased in importance, the vertebrate larynx strengthened to accommodate additional functions such as optimizing airflow and protecting the lungs from foreign matter.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In other words, unlike the norm for humans, chimpanzeesbreathein and out as they produce a breathy, panting laughter.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Along with all terrestrial vertebrates, we need to be able tobreathe.
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In spontanously breathing children, the time available for expiration is approximately twice the time of inspiration.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Besides, another revolution was about to shake society to its foundations andbreathenew life back into pluralism.
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The part that decomposes into air is a vapor or fume, but not air that is fit for breathing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The image here of the breath in blowing the oboe is more passive than the image of breathing in.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For an eternity / to feel the breath lent him / tobreathein humanity?
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The second theme, having breathing space in suffering, provided an opportunity to recover balance in life when intense suffering abated.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I do not feel the lack of anything in this introduction except for breathing space; it is very terse and condensed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Peoplebreathelife into the world and into art's images of it.
From theCambridge English Corpus
More specifically, heightened emotion affects breathing, a relationship that finds natural expression in singing.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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