| 单词 | to breathe again |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto breathe again (d) intransitive. figurative. To be freed from worry, anxiety, or tension; to relax. Chiefly in to breathe again.See also to breathe freely at Phrases 4a.Not always clearly distinguishable from figurative use of sense 5b(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > become composed or calm [verb (intransitive)] > recover composure to pull, shake oneself togethera1400 to return to oneself?1566 recollect1587 breathea1616 collect1631 recover1648 to take a pull (at or on oneself)1890 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 138 Now I breath againe Aloft the flood. View more context for this quotation 1840 Dublin Univ. Mag. Feb. 204/1 The present wretched camarilla must be swept away, before the country can breathe again. 1981 Times 9 Sept. 9/3 Sarah Daniels must count as a second generation feminist, and if this first play is a portent of what the sisterhood is now brewing up then male chauvinism can breathe again. 2014 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 23 Dec. 1 We had to go through three checkpoints to get out, and at each one the terrorists were examining everyone...We could finally breathe once we reached the Ukrainian checkpoint, where we felt safe. < as lemmas |
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