breathe
verb
uk/briːð/us/briːð/breatheverb(AIR)
B1[IorT]
tomoveairinto and out of thelungs:
呼吸It's soairlessin here - I canhardlybreathe.这里太闷了——我几乎不能呼吸。
Theinstructortold us to breatheindeeplyand then breatheoutslowly.教练让我们深吸气，然后缓慢吐气。
I'msorryif I'm breathing(=blowingoutaircontaining)garlicfumesalloveryou!如果我口里的大蒜味儿熏着你了，我很抱歉！
- When you breathe out, youexpelairfromyourlungs.
- Theatmospherein theroomwas sostuffyI couldhardlybreathe.
- Thefirefightersworerespiratorstohelpthem breathe in the smoke-filledhouse.
- Thedoctorsare doing all that they can, but she's still not breathingproperly.
- I breathed in thecrispmountainairdeeply.
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
- aerobic
- aerobic respiration
- anaerobic respiration
- asphyxia
- asphyxiation
- breathable
- breathlessly
- draw breathphrase
- exhale
- expire
- heave
- puff
- shallow
- shortness
- sleep apnoea
- smother
- strangulate
- suffocation
- throttle
- winded
breatheverb(WORDS)
[I,+ speech]literary
to say something veryquietly:
低声说"Here they come," he breathed.“他们来了，”他低声说。
Ways of talking
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- stage whisper
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trill
- word salad
- yak
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Ways of speaking
breatheverb(WINE)
[I]food & drinkspecialized
If youallowwineto breathe, youopenthebottlefor ashorttimebefore youdrinkfrom it, inordertoimprovethe wine'sflavour.
（让酒）通气飘香Wines & winemaking
- -bodied
- ageworthy
- amontillado
- blender
- blush
- claret
- corkage
- fruitiness
- full-bodied
- grape
- hock
- jeroboam
- Lambrusco
- plonk
- plummy
- spritzig
- spumante
- super-smooth
- table wine
- terroir
Idioms
breatheyourlast
breathe downsomeone'sneck
breathe easier
breathe (new) life into sth