英:[ɡɑːsp]
美:[ɡæsp]
英:[ɡɑːsp]
美:[ɡæsp]
复数:gasps
第三人称单数:gasps
现在分词:gasping
过去式:gasped
过去分词:gasped
gaspingly (adv.)
词根:gasp
adj.gasping 喘气的;痉挛的
adv.gaspingly 喘气地
v.gasping 喘气;渴望(gasp的ing形式)
verb
intransitive verb
to catch the breath convulsively and audibly (as with shock)
to breathe laboriously
transitive verb
to utter in a gasping manner
noun
an act of gasping : a sudden loud intake of breath with one's mouth because of surprise, shock, pain, etc. a gasp of surprise His eyes looked wild and strange from the fever; he trembled continuously, and each breath he took sounded like a gasp for life.—Robert C. O'Brien In the next hour Lemieux drew gasps from the crowd half a dozen more times …—E. M. Swift
He let out an audible gasp at the sight of the snake.
last gasp最终喘息;奄奄一息
gasp for breath呼吸十分困难, 上气不接下气
14世纪晚期, gaspen,“张开嘴巴; 呼气”,起源不明,可能来自古诺尔斯语 geispa “打哈欠”,或其丹麦同源词 gispe “喘息”,这两个词可能与古诺尔斯语 gapa “张开嘴巴”有关(参见 gap(n.))。相关词汇: Gasped; gasping。
Verb Middle English; akin to Old Norse geispa to yawn
The first known use of gasp was in the 14th century
gaspverb
to draw in a breath sharply (as with shock)
to breathe with difficulty : pant
to utter with quick difficult breaths
1 She began telling me my life’s story, with such accuracy, from childhood all the way to the present, that all I could do was gasp.
2 Several of the children gasped, but I had no idea what the dog meant.
3 “This is your cousin Judith,” her aunt said, and Kit gasped with pleasure.
4 They try to drag themselves backward, unable to breathe, coughing and choking and gasping.
5 The enemy are at their last gasp.
敌人在做垂死的挣扎.
6 I gasp for air and my mouth fills with feathers, feathers down my throat, in my lungs, replacing my blood with dead weight.
7 Lanning frowned, “What would a robot know about—” And then he caught himself with a gasp.
8 Despite the intense effort, which would leave most people gasping and single-minded, Siegrist had the aerobic and mental capacity to carry on a normal conversation.
9 The crowd behind us gasped, and Pita screamed.
10 My brother under mentioned, and then he pops up, gasping for air and flailing.
我哥哥沉了下去, 然后又浮出水面, 一面喘气一面拍打水面.
11 He tried to move, but pain hammered into him and made his breath shorten into gasps and he stopped, his legs still in the water.
12 Lyra came after Will, and Pantalaimon became a kestrel and flew up as high as he could, making Lyra gasp.
13 We sat gasping for breath on my front stoop.
14 As the lamplight fell across George’s head, Ginny gasped and Harry’s stomach lurched: One of George’s ears was missing.
15 Mom turns the card around to face her again, and she gasps as she opens it.
16 “Oh, oh, oh!” cried Jane, as she gasped for breath, with her hand over her heart.
17 I gasped out loud, then covered my mouth with my hand to stop the noise.
18 Pantalaimon sat up and blinked, and then there was a soft thud, and the net man fell choking and gasping right across Lyra, who cried out in horror, that was blood gushing out of him!
19 He gasped and smiled as the first mango of the season dropped straight into Somkit's waiting arms.
20 “Where did you learn that?” the teacher gasped.
1 热望
ambitious aspiring greedy passion rage hunger aspiration itch craving thirst yen longing yearning prurience avidity pruriency pant crave aspire yearn hanker ambition
2 上气不接下气
3 喘气
puffy breathless wheezingly pursiness pant blow puff breathe puff and blow puff and pant expiration exhalation catch your breath short-winded broken-winded windbroken wind pump blown puffed sob blow short
6 急喘
7 倒吸气
8 渴望
want state list affect desire hunger itch craving lust thirst yen longing avidity Sehnsucht appetency saudade long die pant crave sigh aspire ache envy yearn salivate hanker desiderate set heart on keen desperate eager anxious avid thirsty desirous longed-for raring anxiety aspiration yearning burn relish covet lick your lips smack your lips pant after pant for have your heart set on set your heart on be dying for do be dying for to do thirst for pine for