| 单词 | bated breath |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbated breath Lowered or lessened in position, amount, force, estimation, etc.; esp. in bated breath: breathing subdued or restrained under the influence of awe, terror, or other emotion. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > decreased diminutec1475 suppeditate?1526 lessened1565 minished1590 declined1591 reduced1591 bated1600 contracted1603 waneda1616 mute1627 shrivelleda1631 refracted1635 imminutea1681 retrenched1693 lowered1730 diminished1745 subdued1785 dwindled1796 depressed1831 shrunken1873 downrated1958 whittled-down1961 pared-down1974 slim-down1978 slimmed-down1978 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > awe, reverential wonder > [adjective] > filled with awe bated breath1600 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. iii. 123 With bated breath, and whispring humblenes. View more context for this quotation 1606 B. Jonson Hymenaei 362 The longing Bridegroome, in the Porch, Shewes you againe, the bated Torch. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xvii. 208 Take the bated wage, and be thankful. 1872 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xxi. 632 It was whispered with bated breath that the vengeance for the blood of Waltheof had begun. < as lemmas |
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