breathe
英 [briːð]
美 [briːð]
v. 呼吸; 呼出; 低声说
现在分词：breathing 过去式：breathed 第三人称单数：breathes 过去分词：breathed
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2434 / COCA.2264
同义词辨析
gaspbreatheexhalegulpinhalepantpuff【导航词义：呼吸】
gaspv. 喘气，喘息；急促呼吸
〔辨析〕
指因惊讶、疼痛或震惊而倒吸气，也指因呼吸困难而急促地深呼吸。
〔例证〕
She gasped with surprise at the snake.
她看见蛇惊讶得倒抽了一口气。
She came to the surface of the water, gasping for air.
她浮出水面，急促地喘着气。
她看见蛇惊讶得倒抽了一口气。
She came to the surface of the water, gasping for air.
她浮出水面，急促地喘着气。
breathev. 呼吸
〔辨析〕
普通用词，指用肺等正常呼吸。
〔例证〕
We could hardly breathe at such a high altitude.
在这样的高度，我们呼吸很困难。
The doctor told her to breathe deeply.
医生要她深呼吸。
Both animals and plants breathe air.
动物和植物都要呼吸空气。
在这样的高度，我们呼吸很困难。
The doctor told her to breathe deeply.
医生要她深呼吸。
Both animals and plants breathe air.
动物和植物都要呼吸空气。
exhalev. 呼出，呼气
〔辨析〕
指把吸进的空气、烟气等呼出来。
〔例证〕
Breathe deeply and then exhale slowly.
深吸一口气，然后慢慢地呼出来。
He lit his cigarette and exhaled smoke.
他点燃香烟，然后吐出烟雾。
深吸一口气，然后慢慢地呼出来。
He lit his cigarette and exhaled smoke.
他点燃香烟，然后吐出烟雾。
gulpv. 大口吸气，喘大气
〔辨析〕
因体内缺氧而大口吸气或喘气，也指因害怕、惊讶而倒吸气。
〔例证〕
The man is gulping air after running.
那个人跑步后在大口喘气。
The player gulped nervously before trying to answer.
那个球员紧张地倒吸了一口气才回答。
那个人跑步后在大口喘气。
The player gulped nervously before trying to answer.
那个球员紧张地倒吸了一口气才回答。
inhalev. 吸入，吸气
〔辨析〕
指吸入空气、烟雾、味道等。
〔例证〕
It is dangerous to inhale poisonous gas.
吸入有毒气体是危险的。
He lit his cigar and inhaled deeply.
他点燃雪茄，深吸了一口。
吸入有毒气体是危险的。
He lit his cigar and inhaled deeply.
他点燃雪茄，深吸了一口。
pantv. 气喘，喘息
〔辨析〕
指因运动、天气炎热等而呼吸急促。
〔例证〕
He is climbing and panting.
他一边爬，一边气喘吁吁。
On hot summer days dogs often lie panting.
在炎热的夏天，狗经常气喘吁吁地躺着。
他一边爬，一边气喘吁吁。
On hot summer days dogs often lie panting.
在炎热的夏天，狗经常气喘吁吁地躺着。
puffv. 喘粗气
〔辨析〕
指因运动、干重活等而费劲地大口喘气。
〔例证〕
He huffed and puffed while climbing the mountain.
他一边爬山，一边喘着粗气。
She caught up with Harry, puffing for breath.
她赶上了哈里，直喘粗气。
他一边爬山，一边喘着粗气。
She caught up with Harry, puffing for breath.
她赶上了哈里，直喘粗气。
短语动词
breathe in
1. 吸入；吸气
breathe out
1. 呼出；呼气
短语用例
breathe in
- 吸气
to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth
breathe sth↔in
- 吸入（气体）
to take air, smoke, etc. into your lungs through your nose or mouth- He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
他走过来靠近我，喷得我满身酒气。
- He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
breathe out
- 呼气
to send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth- ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
“我在这儿呢。”她轻声说。
- ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
breathe sth↔out
- 呼出（气体）
to send air, smoke, etc. out of your lungs through your nose or mouth
习惯用语
v.
- breathe (easily/freely) again
- 平静下来；松一口气
to feel calm again after sth unpleasant or frightening has ended breathe down sb's neck - 紧盯着某人看；看得某人发毛（或心烦）；监视
to watch closely what sb is doing in a way that makes them feel anxious and/or annoyed breathe (new) life into sth - （给某事物）带来起色，注入活力
to improve sth by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it breathe your last - 气绝（身亡）；断气
to die breathe/rest easy - 安下心；松口气
to relax and stop worrying - You can rest easy─I'm not going to tell anyone.
你尽管放心，我不会告诉任何人的。 live and breathe sth - 热衷于（某事）
to be very enthusiastic about sth - He just lives and breathes football.
他非常热衷于足球。
牛津词典
verb
- 空气；呼吸 air/breath
- 呼吸
to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth- He breathed deeply before speaking again.
他深深吸一口气，然后继续说下去。 - The air was so cold we could hardly breathe.
空气非常寒冷，我们难以呼吸。 - She was beginning to breathe more easily.
她呼吸开始较为顺畅了。 - Most people don't realize that they are breathing polluted air.
大多数人没有意识到自己正呼吸着污染了的空气。
- He breathed deeply before speaking again.
- 呼出
to send air, smoke or a particular smell out of your mouth- He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
他走过来靠近我，喷得我满身酒气。
低声说 say quietly - He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
- 低声说
to say sth quietly- ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
“我在这儿呢。”她轻声说。
酒 of wine - ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
- （打开瓶盖，让酒）通气飘香
if you allow wine to breathe , you open the bottle and let air get in before you drink it 布料；皮肤 of cloth/skin - 透气
if cloth, leather, skin, etc. can breathe , air can move around or through it- Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.
棉织品能使皮肤透气。
感觉；品质 feeling/quality - Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.
- 充满，散发（某种感情或品质）
to be full of a particular feeling or quality- Her performance breathed wit and charm.
她的表演灵巧迷人。
- Her performance breathed wit and charm.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 呼吸；吸；呼
When people or animalsbreathe, they take air into their lungs and let it out again. When theybreathesmoke or a particular kind of air, they take it into their lungs and let it out again as they breathe.- He stood there breathing deeply and evenly...
他站在那儿均匀地深呼吸。 - Always breathe through your nose...
要一直用鼻子呼吸。 - No American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air...
所有美国人都不必开车到城外去呼吸洁净的空气。 - A thirteen year old girl is being treated after breathing in smoke.
一名13岁的小姑娘因吸入浓烟正在接受治疗。
- He stood there breathing deeply and evenly...
- VERB 轻声说出
If someonebreathessomething, they say it very quietly.- 'You don't understand,' he breathed.
“你不明白。”他低声说道。
- 'You don't understand,' he breathed.
- VERB 吐露；说出
If you do notbreathea word about something, you say nothing about it, because it is a secret.- He never breathed a word about our conversation.
关于我们的谈话他只字未提。
- He never breathed a word about our conversation.
- VERB 将（生气、信心或兴奋）注入；为…带来
If someonebreatheslife, confidence, or excitementintosomething, they improve it by adding this quality.- It is the readers who breathe life into a newspaper with their letters.
是读者通过来信给报纸带来了生气。
- It is the readers who breathe life into a newspaper with their letters.
- VERB （酒）通气透香
If you let winebreathe, you open the bottle to allow the air to get in and improve its flavour before you drink it.- Red wines should be allowed to 'breathe' if possible before drinking.
如果可能的话，在饮用红酒前应该先开瓶透透气。
- Red wines should be allowed to 'breathe' if possible before drinking.
- 咽气；断气；死去
When someonebreathestheirlast, they die. - tobe breathing downsomeone'sneck→ see:neck
英英释义
verb
- draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- I can breathe better when the air is clean
- The patient is respiring
- expel (gases or odors)
- reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
- This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours
- take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- manifest or evince
- She breathes the Christian spirit
- utter or tell
- not breathe a word
- impart as if by breathing
- He breathed new life into the old house
- be alive
- Every creature that breathes
- allow the passage of air through
- Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear
双语例句
- The doctor asked me to breathe in, then to breathe out fully.
医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 - No American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air
所有美国人都不必开车到城外去呼吸洁净的空气。 - Hold your breath for a count of five, then slowly breathe out
屏住气息数五下，然后慢慢地呼气。 - Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest.
呼气，膝部放松向胸部靠拢。 - You had to listen hard to hear the old man breathe
你要仔细听才能听见老人的呼吸声。 - Red wines should be allowed to 'breathe' if possible before drinking.
如果可能的话，在饮用红酒前应该先开瓶透透气。 - Hush up.; Don't breathe a word about it.
不要声张。 - The room was so stuffy that one could hardly breathe.
屋里太闷，憋得人透不过气来。 - Don't breathe a word about this.
这件事，你可别嚷嚷。 - Always breathe through your nose
要一直用鼻子呼吸。