英语词汇“breath of life”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. breath of life. Chiefly with the.

(a) The breath regarded as the means by which life is supported. Cf. life-breath n. at life n. Compounds 3.Frequently with reference to Genesis 2:7, in which God breathes life into the man he has created; cf. quot. a1382.

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a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. ii. 7 Þe lord god..spyride in to þe face of hym: ane entre of breþ of lyf [L. spiraculum vitae].

1596 T. Lodge Prosopopeia sig. G4^v Oh loue, if thou art mightier than death, now shew thy power,..breath the breath of life into him by imbraces and kissing.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. vii. 22 All in whose nosethrils was the breath of life .

1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. i. 14 Never seed sich a fellow since I breathed the breath of life.

1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Mar. c6/1 Oxygen is the waste product they [sc. water plants] breathe out, but it is the breath of life to the consuming element: the fishes, newts, tadpoles and insects.

2014 S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 69 169/2 Amongst the Khoe-San wind and breath is used as a way of talking about the god-given breath of life that ultimately defines what an organism is.

(b) figurative. Something which has a sustaining or revitalizing effect. Also: a substantial improvement to prospects.

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1814 Ld. Byron Ode to Napoleon 9 The earthquake voice of Victory, To thee the breath of life.

1870 Leicester Jrnl. 15 Apr. A new breath of life is stirring Society. New views are rapidly forming; new hopes and aspirations are entering into the heart of the masses.

1925 N. P. Price in J. Aaron View across Valley (1999) xi. 120 Excitement and fun were the very breath of life to her.

1969 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 9 Apr. 16/5 Staring at almost certain defeat, the Cubs got a breath of life when Randy Hundley singled with one out in the bottom of the 11th.

2020 Blue Mountains Gaz. (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 29 We are well aware that competition is the breath of life in the food service industry.

单词	breath of life
释义	> as lemmas breath of life a. breath of life. Chiefly with the. (a) The breath regarded as the means by which life is supported. Cf. life-breath n. at life n. Compounds 3.Frequently with reference to Genesis 2:7, in which God breathes life into the man he has created; cf. quot. a1382. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. ii. 7 Þe lord god..spyride in to þe face of hym: ane entre of breþ of lyf [L. spiraculum vitae]. 1596 T. Lodge Prosopopeia sig. G4^v Oh loue, if thou art mightier than death, now shew thy power,..breath the breath of life into him by imbraces and kissing. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. vii. 22 All in whose nosethrils was the breath of life . View more context for this quotation 1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. i. 14 Never seed sich a fellow since I breathed the breath of life. 1987 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Mar. c6/1 Oxygen is the waste product they [sc. water plants] breathe out, but it is the breath of life to the consuming element: the fishes, newts, tadpoles and insects. 2014 S. Afr. Archaeol. Bull. 69 169/2 Amongst the Khoe-San wind and breath is used as a way of talking about the god-given breath of life that ultimately defines what an organism is. (b) figurative. Something which has a sustaining or revitalizing effect. Also: a substantial improvement to prospects. ΚΠ 1814 Ld. Byron Ode to Napoleon 9 The earthquake voice of Victory, To thee the breath of life. 1870 Leicester Jrnl. 15 Apr. A new breath of life is stirring Society. New views are rapidly forming; new hopes and aspirations are entering into the heart of the masses. 1925 N. P. Price in J. Aaron View across Valley (1999) xi. 120 Excitement and fun were the very breath of life to her. 1969 Dixon (Illinois) Evening Tel. 9 Apr. 16/5 Staring at almost certain defeat, the Cubs got a breath of life when Randy Hundley singled with one out in the bottom of the 11th. 2020 Blue Mountains Gaz. (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 29 We are well aware that competition is the breath of life in the food service industry. extracted from breathn. < as lemmas
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