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单词 breathless
释义 breath·less
\ˈbrethlə̇s\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English brethles, from breth breath + -les -less
1.
 a. : not breathing : showing suspension of breath
 b. : dead
2.
 a. : out of breath : panting or gasping for breath after strenuous activity
 b. : leaving one breathless : strenuous
  < the pace was rather breathless — A.H.Vandenberg †1951 >
 c. : out of breath or holding one's breath because of fear, suspense, intense interest, awe, or other strong emotion
  < breathless at the thought of what I had done — Katherine Mansfield >
  < breathless with a strange, painful, yielding ardor — Morley Callaghan >
 d. : bringing about or marked by a being out of breath or of holding one's breath : intense, gripping, dominating
  < the air was so charged with the breathless tension — Hugh Walpole >
  < caught up into breathless crisis — John Buchan >
 e. : suffering from dyspnea
3. : marked by complete stillness of the air : oppressive and close because of absence of breezes
 < the summer came, breathless and sultry — W.S.Maugham >
 < sticky with sirocco moisture under the breathless awning — Norman Douglas >
breath·less·ly adverb
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