英:['breθləsnəs]
美:['breθləsnəs]
英:['breθləsnəs]
美:['breθləsnəs]
词根:breath
adj.breathing 呼吸的;逼真的
breathless 喘不过气来的;停止呼吸的
breathed 无声的;有气的
adv.breathlessly 气喘地;屏息地
n.breath 呼吸,气息;一口气,(呼吸的)一次;瞬间,瞬息;微风;迹象;无声音,气音
breathing 呼吸;瞬间;微风
breather 呼吸者;呼吸的东西;剧烈的运动;短时间的休息
v.breathing 呼吸(breathe的现在分词)
breathed 呼吸(breath的过去式和过去分词)
vi.breathe 呼吸;低语;松口气;(风)轻拂
breathalyse 作呼气测醉检测
vt.breathe 呼吸;使喘息;流露;低声说
breathalyse 做呼吸测醉试验(等于breathalyze)
adjective
not breathing
dead
panting or gasping for breath
gripped with emotion
breathless in anticipation
intense, gripping breathless prose
breathless eagerness
very rapid or strenuous
go at a breathless pace
marked by intense or unremitting activity
a breathless schedule
oppressive because of no fresh air or breeze
The first known use of breathless was in the 14th century
breech1 of 2noun
short trousers fitting snugly at or just below the knee
pants sense 1
buttock sense 2a
the part of a gun at the rear of the barrel
breech2 of 2adjective
involving or being a fetus in which the buttocks or legs rather than the head are situated to emerge first through the birth canal
a breech delivery
breed1 of 2verb
to produce (plants or animals) by sexual reproduction
breed cattle
to produce offspring by sexual reproduction
bring up sense 1, train
born and bred in this town
bring about, cause
familiarity breeds contempt
to produce (a fissionable element) by bombarding an element that is not fissionable with neutrons from a radioactive element so that more fissionable material is produced than is used up
breed2 of 2noun
a group of animals or plants usually found only under human care and different from related kinds
a breed of cattle
kind, class
breccianoun
a rock composed of sharp pieces surrounded by a fine-grained material
breathtakingadjective
making one out of breath
breathtaking speed
exciting, thrilling
breathtaking beauty
breathtakingadjective
making one out of breath
breathtaking speed
exciting, thrilling
breathtaking beauty
breathnoun
air filled with a fragrance or odor
a slight indication : suggestion
a faint breath of scandal
the ability to breathe
an act of breathing
breather sense 2
a slight breeze
air inhaled and exhaled in breathing
something (as moisture on a cold surface) produced by breathing
a spoken sound
breathlessadjective
not breathing
dead entry 1 sense 1
panting or gasping for breath
breathtaking sense 1
difficult to bear because of lack of fresh air or breeze
a hot breathless day
1 INTERVIEW: The subject spoke in rapid bursts, clearly and articulately but with the occasional breathlessness associated with anxiety.
2 His tiredness and breathlessness were treated with drugs, Pears complained: "Ben is writing an evil opera, and it's killing him."
3 He drove at a breathless pace.
4 The three-time National Award winner was hospitalised last Saturday after she complained of breathlessness.
5 Brontë’s themes and moods — the modulations of terror and wit, the matter-of-fact recitation of events giving way to feverish breathlessness — are carefully preserved, though her narrative has been somewhat scrambled.
6 But in an era when we fawn over pop celebs with such thoughtless breathlessness, a gig this masterful invites our dizzy brains to think hard about greatness.
7 The chief symptoms were cough, breathlessness and cyanosis.
主要症状有咳嗽、气急与紫绀。
8 A microcosm of the breathlessness of an era.
9 “The music pulses with searing power, frenetic breathlessness and an astringent harmonic language spiked with thick, piercing chords,” Mr. Tommasini wrote, “though pensive, dreamy episodes provide welcome relief.”
10 They were breathless with anticipation.
11 The breathlessness with which Bernanke describes this development — four news conferences a year! — unintentionally proves his point.
12 Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing.
哮喘是一种慢性呼吸道疾病,以呼吸急促和喘息反复发作为特征。
13 Kumar was hospitalized twice last month after he complained of breathlessness, and his family tweeted “with a heavy heart and profound grief” the announcement of his passing.
14 There’s a breathlessness to all the action here, so the moments that lack credibility barely register, and the whole season goes by in one blissfully juicy flash.
15 There had been no sign of either breathlessness or chest pain before the heart attack.
心脏病发前并未出现呼吸困难或胸痛的病征。
16 It’s not just physical attraction that brings on that first brush of breathlessness in romance.
17 Rooney, though, continues to be wary of the breathlessness that has surrounded her work.
18 I can’t envision “Birdsong” racking up milestones of any sort, though connoisseurs of romantic breathlessness may be quoting various lines for some while to come.
19 When I think about never having a child, a sort of breathlessness, almost a vertigo, comes over me.
20 By the age of 40, some people are already experiencing breathlessness.
到40岁时,有些人已经感到气绝。
1 气喘吁吁