用作名词(n.)

He caught his breath in surprise.他惊奇得屏住了呼吸。

His chest heaves with every breath.他的胸部随着呼吸而起伏。

It took us a few minutes to get our breath back after the race.赛跑后我们用了好几分钟才恢复了正常呼吸。

His breath smelt suspiciously of drink.他嘴里呼出的气息好象有酒味。

The depcious breath of rain was in the air.空中弥漫着清新的雨的气息。

用作名词(n.)

Draw a deep breath.
作一次深呼吸。

He made a deep breath.
他深深地吸了一口气。

The athlete soon recovered his breath after the final dash.
这位运动员最后冲刺之后很快就呼吸正常了。

I shall love you as long as I have breath.
我爱你至死不渝。

Our scouts brushed aside in one breath all the mines laid by the enemy.
我们的侦察兵把敌人埋的地雷一下子全排除了。

The sick man spoke slowly, with frequent pauses for breath.
那个病人慢慢地讲着,不时停下来喘息。

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。

There was not a breath in the air.
一丝风也没有。

Conservatives are against every breath of social reform.
保守派对任何一点的社会改革都要反对。

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

breathe one's last breath死,断气

catch one's breath喘气

draw a breath吸一口气

gather breath歇口气

get one's breath back缓口气

get one's breath again缓口气

hold one's breath屏住呼吸

knock the breath out of sb使某人大吃一惊

lose one's breath喘不过气来

pause for breath停下来缓口气

save one's breath不做声,沉默

stop sb's breath把某人闷死

take breath呼吸,歇口气

take sb's breath away使某人大吃一惊

waste one's breath白费口舌

形容词+～

bad breath口臭

deep breath深呼吸

heavy breath沉重的呼吸

last breath最后一口气

long breath深呼吸,长长的一口气

short breath急促的喘息

名词+～

human breath人的气息

介词+～

above one's breath高声地

after a breath喘口气后

in a breath一口气,立刻,异口同声地

in the same breath同时

out of breath上气不接下气

under one's breath悄声地

speak under one's breath低声细语

with one's last breath临终时

n.(名词)

breath的基本意思是“气息; 呼吸”,表示呼出或吸入之空气、气息时是不可数名词,一般不加冠词。表示“一口气,一次呼吸,微风”时是可数名词,可加不定冠词,但复数形式一般很少用。用于比喻则可表示“生命”。

breath还可作“(一丝)痕迹,迹象”解。

n.(名词)我们到那里时,已经气喘吁吁了。

误 When we got there, we were already out of the breath.

正 When we got there, we were already out of breath.

析 out of breath是习语,意为“喘不过气来”, breath前不加冠词。

保姆闻到他的呼吸中有烟味。

误 Mammy could smell the smoke in his breath.

正 Mammy could smell the smoke on his breath.

析 在此句中on不能换成in。

你可以看出这群迷信群众在受到突然惊吓后那种屏息无声的畏缩样子。

误 You could see the superstitious crowd shrink and catch their breaths under the sudden shock.

正 You could see the superstitious crowd shrink and catch their breath under the sudden shock.

析 breath作“气息”解时是不可数名词,故one's breath中的one即使是复数, breath也要用单数。

用作名词(n.)

He caught his breath in surprise.他惊奇得屏住了呼吸。

His chest heaves with every breath.他的胸部随着呼吸而起伏。

It took us a few minutes to get our breath back after the race.赛跑后我们用了好几分钟才恢复了正常呼吸。

His breath smelt suspiciously of drink.他嘴里呼出的气息好象有酒味。

The depcious breath of rain was in the air.空中弥漫着清新的雨的气息。

用作名词(n.)

Draw a deep breath.
作一次深呼吸。

He made a deep breath.
他深深地吸了一口气。

The athlete soon recovered his breath after the final dash.
这位运动员最后冲刺之后很快就呼吸正常了。

I shall love you as long as I have breath.
我爱你至死不渝。

Our scouts brushed aside in one breath all the mines laid by the enemy.
我们的侦察兵把敌人埋的地雷一下子全排除了。

The sick man spoke slowly, with frequent pauses for breath.
那个病人慢慢地讲着,不时停下来喘息。

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。

There was not a breath in the air.
一丝风也没有。

Conservatives are against every breath of social reform.
保守派对任何一点的社会改革都要反对。

用作名词 (n.)动词+～

breathe one's last breath死,断气

catch one's breath喘气

draw a breath吸一口气

gather breath歇口气

get one's breath back缓口气

get one's breath again缓口气

hold one's breath屏住呼吸

knock the breath out of sb使某人大吃一惊

lose one's breath喘不过气来

pause for breath停下来缓口气

save one's breath不做声,沉默

stop sb's breath把某人闷死

take breath呼吸,歇口气

take sb's breath away使某人大吃一惊

waste one's breath白费口舌

形容词+～

bad breath口臭

deep breath深呼吸

heavy breath沉重的呼吸

last breath最后一口气

long breath深呼吸,长长的一口气

short breath急促的喘息

名词+～

human breath人的气息

介词+～

above one's breath高声地

after a breath喘口气后

in a breath一口气,立刻,异口同声地

in the same breath同时

out of breath上气不接下气

under one's breath悄声地

speak under one's breath低声细语

with one's last breath临终时

【近义词】

• inhalation吸入
• gasp喘气
• gulp吞咽
• pant喘息
• sigh叹气
• breathing呼吸
• whiff一吹
• mouthful一口
• sniff嗅
• smell气味
• snort喷鼻息作声
• snuffle抽鼻子
• respiration呼吸
• breather呼吸者
• inspiration灵感
• wheeze喘息
• whisper低语
• exhalation呼气
• murmur低语
• wind风
• undertone低音
• air空气
• aspiration抱负
• expiration终止
• halitus呼吸
• zephyr西风
• breeze微风
• puff喷出
• waft飘浮
• respite暂缓
• pause暂停
• lifeblood命脉
• life一生
• odor气味
• time-out暂停
• vapor蒸汽
• recess休息
• break打碎
• bouquet花束
• anima生命
• soul灵魂
• rest剩余的部分
• breathing spell喘息的机会
• second第二的
• life force生命力
• vital spark精神
• spirit精神
• breathing time休息时间
• breathing place休息地
• spell拼写
• intimation暗示
• breathing space休息时间
• vital至关重要的
• hint暗示
• breathe呼吸
• spark闪烁
• force武力