新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

breathIELTS重点词汇

英 [breθ]

[NOUN]

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NOUN. 名词

breaths
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 呼气
Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
双语例句
例：
I could smell the whisky on his breath.
我能从他的呼气中闻到威士忌酒味。
2. [C, U 有变体名词] 呼吸
When you take a breath, you breathe in once.
双语例句
例：
He took a deep breath, and began to climb the stairs.
他深深地吸了一口气,然后开始爬楼梯。
例：
Gasping for breath, she leaned against the door.
她靠在门上,大口喘着气,

PHRASE. 习语

for a breath of fresh air , for a breath of air
1. （到户外）透口气
If you go outside for a breath of fresh air or for a breath of air, you go outside because it is unpleasantly warm indoors.
双语例句
例：
I had to step outside for a breath of fresh air.
我得到外面去透口气。
be a breath of fresh air
1. 带来新气象
If you describe something new or different as a breath of fresh air, you mean that it makes a situation or subject more interesting or exciting.
双语例句
例：
Her brisk treatment of an almost taboo subject was a breath of fresh air.
她对一个几乎是禁忌话题的轻松处理令人耳目一新。
get one's breath back
1. 缓过气来
When you get your breath back after doing something energetic, you start breathing normally again.
双语例句
例：
I reached out a hand to steady myself against the house while I got my breath back.
我伸出一只手扶在墙上撑着身子，让自己喘口气。
be out of breath
1. 喘不过气
If you are out of breath, you are breathing very quickly and with difficulty because you have been doing something energetic.
双语例句
例：
She was slightly out of breath from running.
她跑过后有点上气不接下气。
in the same breath
1. 自相矛盾
You can use in the same breath or in the next breath to indicate that someone says two very different or contradictory things, especially when you are criticizing them.
双语例句
例：
He hailed this week's arms agreement but in the same breath expressed suspicion about the motivations of the United States.
他赞扬了这周的武器协定，可自相矛盾的是他也表示了对美方动机的怀疑。
short of breath
1. 气短
If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example, because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath.
双语例句
例：
She felt short of breath and flushed.
她感到气短,脸也红了。
under one's breath
1. 低声地
If you say something under your breath, you say it in a very quiet voice, often because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying.
双语例句
例：
Walsh muttered something under his breath.
沃尔什低声嘀咕了什么。