breath

[breθ]

基础释义

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n.
呼吸的空气;迹象;微量;（空气的）微微流动，拂动;一次吸入的空气

常用中考高考 CET4

复数: breaths

更新时间：2025-11-19 23:35:49

词义辨析

take breath, take a breath

两者意思不同:前者意思是“歇口气”; 而后者意思是“呼吸一口气”。例如:

After running, they stopped to take breath.跑过后他们停下来歇口气。

Take a breath.作一次呼吸。

catch one's breath, get one's breath

这两个短语意思不同:前者意思是“屏息”; 而后者意思是“恢复正常状态”。例如:

As the acrobat swung round and round, the audience caught their breath. 那位杂技演员不停地旋转时,观众们个个屏住了呼吸。

I need time to get my breath after running.跑完后,我需要一点时间把气缓过来。

out of breath, lose one's breath

两者都可作“上气不接下气”解,但out of breath用作表语。

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词源词根法

来自PIE*gwhre，呼吸。来源于古印欧语中烧，加热（bhre）”及其产生的蒸汽（bhretos）”，英语中braise(炖，煮)，breed(繁殖)和brood(一窝)也源于此意。在古英语中braethaz指排气，气味，直到14世纪才用于指人或动物的呼吸。

近/反义词

近义词

知识拓展

常用短语

deep breath深呼吸

take a deep breath深呼吸

out of breath喘不过气来，上气不接下气

shortness of breath气促；呼吸浅短

近似单词

breeze n.微风

双语例句

更多例句

1、

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.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
2、

He took an anguished breath. He had to be brutal and say it.

他痛苦地吸了口气，不得不坦言此事。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
3、

Let's go out for a breath of air.

咱们出去松散松散吧.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》
4、

I took a deep breath of the fresh sea air.

我深吸了一口海边的新鲜空气。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
5、

She took a deep breath and sat up slowly and with great effort.

她深吸一口气，费力地慢慢坐起身来。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
6、

Police will conduct random breath tests.

警察将随机进行呼吸测醉检查。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
7、

The sight of the beautiful mountains took our breath away.

这美丽的山色使我们为之神往.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》
8、

He lost his breath in running.

他跑得上气不接下气.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
9、

Breath informs the body.

呼吸给身体以活力.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》
10、

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。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
11、

The story is full of surprises which cause the reader to catch his breath.

这个故事充满惊险情节,使读者紧张得透不过气.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
12、

There was not a breath in the air.

一丝风也没有.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
13、

After running to the bus stop we sat down to catch our breath.

我们跑到汽车站后才坐下来喘口气.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
14、

The criminal knew that he could not talk to the police about his friends; if he did, someone would stop his breath.

罪犯知道他不能向警察谈及他那些朋友, 如果他说了, 有人会把他杀了.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
15、

The beauty of the scene made him catch his breath.

风景之美令他愕然止息.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
16、

Cal took a long, deep breath, struggling to control his own emotions.

卡尔深长地吸了一口气，努力控制自己的情绪。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
17、

I took a deep breath and went in.

我深吸一口气，然后走了进去。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
18、

She draws another wavering breath.

她颤抖着又吸了口气。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
19、

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。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
20、

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.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
21、

He spoke so fast that he was out of breath.

他说得那么快,都倒不过气来了.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》
22、

Get away from me —your breath stinks.

离我远点——你有口臭。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
23、

Save your breath to cool your porridge.

不要白费口舌了.
来源：《现代汉英综合大词典》
24、

He drew in his breath sharply.

他猛吸一口气.
来源：《简明英汉词典》
25、

a breath of sea air

呼吸一下海边的空气
来源：《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
26、

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。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
27、

She broke down describing how she was arrested for refusing a breath test.

她在叙述自己如何因为拒绝接受呼吸测试而被捕时再也控制不住情绪。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
28、

Hold your breath for a count of five, then slowly breathe out.

屏住气息数五下，然后慢慢地呼气。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
29、

He fell back into the water, his breath rasping in his heaving chest.

他仰面跌进了水中，胸部起伏，呼吸急促。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
30、

His breath was hanging in the air before him.

他的哈气悬浮在自己面前。
来源：《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》