| 单词 | breathe |
| 释义 | breathe (once / 103 pages) v When you breathe you take air into your lungs and let it out in a regular rhythm. Living things need to breathe to live. This word has several meanings related to living and taking in air. When someone says "As long as I breathe!" they mean "As long as I live!" In music, some silence can let the piece breathe. If you need a moment or room to breathe, you need a break. Wine breathes when it’s uncorked, enhancing its flavor. Breathing life into something gives it new energy. If this explanation has made you nervous, breathe deeply — that helps many people to relax. WORD FAMILYbreathe: breathed, breather, breathes, breathing+/breather: breathers/breathing: breathingly, breathings USAGE EXAMPLESI start to shake, and my breathing grows rapid. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) It is this metabolic activity that keeps you alive and breathing and, very importantly, warm. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) His seizures became more severe, and he underwent a tracheotomy to help him breathe. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1v draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs I can breathe better when the air is clean Syn|Hypo respire, suspire, take a breath respire undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide respirebreathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety respire breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety chokebreathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion hyperventilatebreathe excessively hard and fast hiccough, hiccupbreathe spasmodically, and make a sound sigh, suspireheave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily breathe out, exhale, expireexpel air breathe in, inhale, inspiredraw in (air) wheezebreathe with difficulty yawnutter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired saw logs, saw wood, snorebreathe noisily during one's sleep aspiratesuck in (air) snortmake a snorting sound by exhaling hard blowexhale hard sniff, sniffleinhale audibly through the nose snivel, snufflesnuff up mucus through the nose snuffinhale audibly through the nose drag, draw, puffsuck in or take (air) huff, snortinhale recreational drugs 2v allow the passage of air through Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear Hyper be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 3v expel (gases or odors) Syn|Hypo|Hyper emit, pass off belch, bubble, burp, eruct expel gas from the stomach force outemit or cause to move with force of effort emanate, exhale, give forthgive out (breath or an odor) radiatesend out real or metaphoric rays bubbleform, produce, or emit bubbles effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparklebecome bubbly or frothy or foaming discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release eliminate (a substance) 4v reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours Hyper oxidate, oxidise, oxidize add oxygen to or combine with oxygen 5v impart as if by breathing He breathed new life into the old house Hyper instill, transfuse impart gradually 6v utter or tell not breathe a word Hyper express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise 7v manifest or evince She breathes the Christian spirit Hyper convey make known; pass on, of information 8v be alive Every creature that breathes Hyper exist, live, subsist, survive support oneself 9v take a short break from one's activities in order to relax Syn|Hyper catch one's breath, rest, take a breather break, intermit, pause cease an action temporarily |
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