英语词汇“hold one's breath”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

hold one's breath

释义

breath /breth/

noun

The air drawn into and then expelled from the lungs
Exhaled air as smell or vapour
The power of breathing
Life
A single act of breathing
Breathing without vibrating the vocal cords (phonetics)
A sound so produced
A whisper
The time occupied by a single act of breathing
A very slight breeze
A slight suspicion

adjective

Produced by breath without voice

ORIGIN: OE brǣth; Ger Brodem steam, breath

breathˈalyse or (N American) breathˈalyze transitive verb

To test with a breathalyser

breathˈalyser or (N American) breathˈalyzer noun

A device which indicates the amount of alcohol in a person's breath, by means of a plastic bag containing alcohol-sensitive crystals which change colour when a certain concentration of alcohol vapour is blown through them

breathed /bretht/ adjective

Having a breath (esp as combining form, eg long-breathed, and see also under breathe)

breathˈful adjective (Spenser)

Full of breath or air, also full of scent or odour

breathˈily adverb

breathˈiness noun

breathˈless adjective

Out of breath
With the breath held or taken away, from excitement, interest, etc
Breezeless, airless
Dead

breathˈlessly adverb

breathˈlessness noun

breathˈy adjective

(of a speaking voice) accompanied by much unvocalized breath
(of a singer or instrument-player) without proper breath control, causing impure sound

breathˈtaking adjective

Astounding

breathˈtakingly adverb

breath test noun

A test carried out on a person's breath, by breathalyser or other device, to determine how much alcohol that person has consumed

a breath of fresh air

A short excursion in the open air
Any refreshing and invigorating change

below or under one's breath

In a low voice

catch one's breath

To rest until one is no longer out of breath
To stop breathing for an instant

draw breath

To breathe
To be alive

get one's breath back

To recover normal breathing after exertion
To recover from a surprise

hold one's breath

To refrain from breathing temporarily
To wait in anxious expectation

in the same breath

At the same time

out of breath

Having difficulty in breathing
Panting from exertion, etc

save one's breath

To refrain from pointless talk

spend or waste one's breath

To talk to no avail or profitlessly

take (one's) breath

To recover freedom of breathing
To stop for breath, rest, or refreshment

take someone's breath away

To make someone breathless with astonishment, delight, etc

with bated breath

With breath restrained out of suspense, fear or reverence

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