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breathe [bri:ð] US UK
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v. 呼吸,呼出
verb
AIR 空气, [I,T] to take air into your lungs and send it out again
呼吸:
The room filled with smoke, and it was becoming difficult to breathe.
房间里全是烟,呼吸越来越困难。
People are concerned about the quality of the air they breathe.
人们很关心他们所呼吸的空气的质量。
Relax and breathe deeply (=take in a lot of air) .
放松,深呼吸。
BLOW 吹, [I,T] to blow air or smoke out of your mouth
呼气; 喷出(烟):
Roy breathed on his hands and rubbed them together vigorously.
罗伊往双手上哈了一口气,然后使劲地搓。
The fat man opposite was breathing garlic all over me.
对面的那个胖男人满口大蒜味,喷了我一身。
sb can breathe easy / easily, used when saying that someone can relax because a worrying or dangerous situation has ended
某人可以放心了,某人可以松一口气:
With stocks going up, investors can breathe easily.
股票上涨,投资者可以放心了。
breathe a sigh of relief, to stop being worried or frightened about something
轻松地舒口气,松一口气:
Once the deadline passed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
截止期一过,大家都松了一口气。
be breathing down sb's neck, [informal] to pay very close attention to what someone is doing in a way that makes them feel nervous or annoyed
紧盯某人; 严密监视某人:
How can I concentrate with you breathing down my neck all the time?
你总是这样盯着我,我怎么能集中注意力?
not breathe a word, to not tell anyone anything at all about something, because it is a secret
不透露风声:
Don't breathe a word; it's supposed to be a surprise.
一个字都不要透露出去,这是要给大家一个惊喜。
breathe life into sth, to change a situation so that people feel more excited or interested
给某物注入新生命:
Critics are hoping the young director can breathe new life into the French film industry.
影评家希望这位年轻导演会给法国的电影业注入新的生命。
SKIN 皮肤, [I] if your skin can breathe, air can reach it
〔皮肤〕透气
CLOTHES / FABRIC 衣服/织物, [I] if cloth or clothing breathes, air can pass through it so that your body feels pleasantly cool and dry
〔布料或衣服〕透气
WINE 葡萄酒, [I] if you let wine breathe, you open the bottle to let the air get to it before you drink it
〔打开瓶盖,让酒〕通气飘香
SAY STH QUIETLY 轻声说某事, [T] [written] to say something very quietly, almost in a whisper
轻声说〔话〕,低声说出:
'Wait,' he breathed.
“等一下。”他轻声说道。
breathe your last (breath), [literary] to die
咽气,断气,咽下最后一口气,死
breathe fire, to talk and behave in a very angry way
发火
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