breathes

英 [briːðz]

美 [briːðz]

v.  呼吸; 呼出; 低声说
breathe的第三人称单数

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.
  1. He stood there breathing deeply and evenly...
     他站在那儿均匀地深呼吸。
  2. Always breathe through your nose...
     要一直用鼻子呼吸。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
• VERB 轻声说出
  If someonebreathessomething, they say it very quietly.
  1. 'You don't understand,' he breathed.
     “你不明白。”他低声说道。
• VERB 吐露；说出
  If you do notbreathea word about something, you say nothing about it, because it is a secret.
  1. He never breathed a word about our conversation.
     关于我们的谈话他只字未提。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。
• 咽气；断气；死去
  When someonebreathestheirlast, they die.
• tobe breathing downsomeone'sneck→ see:neck

双语例句

• A dolphin breathes air through a hole called a blowhole.
  海豚通过一个称为喷水孔的洞呼吸。
• It's awful having a boss who breathes down your neck all the time.
  一个时刻盯住你的老板实在令人讨厌。
• My husband and I are both in an Internet business, but he's the one who truly lives, eats and breathes computers.
  我丈夫和我都是在网上办公，但他是那种生活中每时每刻都离不开电脑的人。
• The Monarch Butterfly breathes through its wings and female Monarchs have thicker wing veins.
  帝王蝶通过翅膀呼吸，雌性帝王蝶有更加厚实的翅膀脉络。
• The flower breathes fragrance.
  花吐芳香。
• He breathes the sweet-laden night air and smells the earth.
  他吸了一口芳香飘溢的夜晚的空气，闻到了泥土的气息。
• Somebody that moves and, you know, breathes.
  可以动，而且可以呼吸的真人。
• The letter breathes despair.
  这封信表现出绝望的情绪。
• The iron, as it were, breathes air as we do.
  铁好像人一样也能呼吸空气。
• My hope breathes energy into my decision to do what most people wouldn't waste their time on.
  我的希望为我加油去做很多人不愿意浪费时间去做的事情。