单词 | to draw breath |
释义 | > as lemmasto draw (one's) breath P2. to draw (one's) breath and variants: to breathe; to inhale; (later also) to rest and recover one's normal rate of breathing after vigorous physical activity. Also in extended use: to live; to be alive. before one can (also has time to) draw breath: before one can do anything; instantly. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [verb (intransitive)] liveeOE aliveeOE ylivec950 won971 goc1225 movea1325 breathea1382 reigna1400 to pass on earth (also mould)c1400 to draw (one's) breath?1570 exist1578 respire1619 to tread clay, this earth, shoe leather1789 to grab on1861 to store the kin1866 c1300 St. Bartholomew (Laud) l. 45 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 368 Þat he ne may enes drawe is breth. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 1458 (MED) He myȝt vnneþe drawe his breth. ?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. sig. H.vi O all ye..that draw breath vnder the cope of the skies, ye spring vp like Lilies, and goe downe like Lilies. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §744 Wee see, that in great Colds, one can scarce draw his Breath. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer xii. 278 Shall I arm myself against that country where I first drew breath, against the play-mates of my youth? 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. 116 ‘A careless girl¬’ said Mr. Brocklehurst, and immediately after—‘It is the new pupil, I perceive.’ And before I could draw breath, ‘I must not forget I have a word to say respecting her.’ 1949 G. Berrie Morale 27 On the outskirts of the crowd they stopped to draw breath. 1989 T. Parker Place called Bird xxiii. 288 He'll have you out [of your car] with your hands up and search you for your piece before you've time to draw breath. 2003 J. R. Lennon Mailman ii. vii. 385 He draws breath now, big lungsful of that soupy air, and lets it out slowly. < as lemmas |
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