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单词 breather
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
breath•er /ˈbriðɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a pause, as for breath;
    a break:"I need a breather,'' he puffed.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
breath•er  (brēᵺər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a pause, as for breath.
  2. vigorous exercise that causes heavy breathing.
  3. a person who breathes.
  4. Mechanical Engineeringa vent in a container or covering, as in a casing for machinery or in a storage tank, to equalize interior and exterior pressure, permit entry of air, escape of fumes, or the like.
  5. Mechanical Engineeringa device for providing air from the atmosphere to submerged or otherwise sealed-off persons, internal-combustion engines, etc.:the snorkel breather of a submarine.
  • Middle English brethere. See breathe, -er1 1350–1400
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rest, break, time-out, recess, intermission.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
breather /ˈbriːðə/ n
  1. informal a short pause for rest
  2. a person who breathes in a specified way: a deep breather
  3. a vent in a container to equalize internal and external pressure, such as the pipe in the crankcase of an internal-combustion engine
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