名词呼吸的空气；一次吸入的空气；微量；迹象网络气息；气味；微风
1. hold one's breath : 屏息；
2. catch one's breath : 喘息, 屏息；
3. take breath : 歇口气；
4. in one breath : 一口气, 同时；
5. in a breath : 一口气；
6. in the same breath : 同时；
7. under one's breath : 低声地；
8. short of breath : 呼吸短促；
9. out of breath : 上气不接下气；
10. with bated breath : 屏息地；
11. lose one's breath : 喘不过气；
12. take one's breath away : 目瞪口呆; 大为惊讶; ; 例句:; The original picture of the unknown ancient pa...；
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1. Let me get my breath back.
让我喘口气。
2. There is not a breath of wind.
一点风也没有。
3. He drew in a breath of fresh country air.
他吸一口农村新鲜空气。
4. After all that running, he was short of breath.
那样跑了一阵之后，他气喘吁吁了。
5. There was not a breath of air in the hot auditorium.
在那个闷热的礼堂里没有一丝微风。
1. breath
1. 呼气：魂的意义很广 普遍上可指:在新约中魂(soul)的希腊文是 psuchê 原意也指气息或呼气(breath). 在广义上 这字的用法与旧约相同 可指:有圣经学者相信人只有身体与灵魂两部分 因灵与魂是相同的 但这看法并不正确.
1. 呼出的气体；气息
Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
e.g. I could smell the whisky on his breath...
我能闻到他呼出的威士忌的味道。
e.g. Smoking causes bad breath.
吸烟会导致口臭。
2. 吸气
When you take a breath, you breathe in once.
breath是什么意思
e.g. He took a deep breath, and began to climb the stairs...
他深吸了一口气，然后开始爬楼梯。
e.g. Gasping for breath, she leaned against the door...
她倚靠在门上，大口喘着气。
3. （风或气流的）一丝，丝毫
If you say that there is not a breath of wind or air, you are emphasizing that there is no wind and the air is very still.
e.g. Not even a breath of wind stirred the pine branches.
一丝风也没有，松树枝条纹丝不动。
4. 微量；少许
A breath of something, is a small amount of it.
e.g. It was left to Martina to add a breath of common sense to the proceedings.
这件事交由马丁娜处理，她会使整个过程显得更符合情理一些。
5. （到室外）呼吸新鲜空气，透口气
If you go outside for a breath of fresh air or for a breath of air, you go outside because it is unpleasantly warm indoors.
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6. 令人耳目一新的事物；新鲜刺激的东西
If you describe something new or different as a breath of fresh air, you mean that it makes a situation or subject more interesting or exciting.
e.g. Her brisk treatment of an almost taboo subject was a breath of fresh air.
她把这个近乎禁忌的话题处理得很轻松，令人耳目一新。
7. 喘过气来；恢复正常呼吸
When you get your breath back after doing something energetic, you start breathing normally again.
breath的反义词
e.g. I reached out a hand to steady myself against the house while I got my breath back.
我伸出一只手抵住墙壁撑着身子，让自己喘口气。
8. 喘口气；歇口气
When you catch your breath while you are doing something energetic, you stop for a short time so that you can start breathing normally again.
e.g. He had stopped to catch his breath and make sure of his directions.
他曾停下来歇口气，同时确定一下方向。
9. （通常因为震惊）倒吸一口冷气
If something makes you catch your breath, it makes you take a short breath of air, usually because it shocks you.
e.g. Kenny caught his breath as Nikko nearly dropped the bottle.
尼科差点儿把瓶子摔了，这让肯尼倒吸了一口气。
10. 喘口气；歇口气
If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
breath在线翻译
11. 屏息；止住呼吸
If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water.
e.g. I held my breath and sank under the water.
我屏住呼吸沉入水底。
12. 屏息静气（焦急或激动地等待）
If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen.
e.g. The whole world holds its breath for this speech.
整个世界都屏住呼吸等待这一讲话。
13. 不指望（某事发生）
If you say that you won't hold your breath, you mean that you do not expect something to happen even though someone has suggested that it might.
e.g. 'Next thing you know, I'll be dancing at your wedding,' he cried. 'Don't hold your breath,' my father replied.
“你瞧，下一件事是，我会在你的婚礼上跳舞，”他大声说。“你休想，”我父亲答道。
14. 最后一口气
When someone takes their last breath, they die.
e.g. His wife sat with him until he drew his last breath.
他的妻子坐在他跟前，直到他咽下最后一口气。
15. 喘不过气；上气不接下气
If you are out of breath, you are breathing very quickly and with difficulty because you have been doing something energetic.
e.g. There she was, slightly out of breath from running.
她在那儿，跑得有点儿喘不过气来。
16. 但同时/但紧接着（尤用于谴责某人的言论自相矛盾）
You can use in the same breath or in the next breath to indicate that someone says two very different or contradictory things, especially when you are criticizing them.
e.g. He hailed this week's arms agreement but in the same breath expressed suspicion about the motivations of the United States.
他为本周达成的武器协议而欢呼，但同时又对美国的动机表示怀疑。
17. 呼吸短促；呼吸困难
If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath .
e.g. She felt short of breath and flushed...
她感到呼吸困难，脸颊绯红。
e.g. Any exercise that causes undue shortness of breath should be stopped.
任何导致呼吸出现困难的锻炼都应停止。
18. （美或惊讶得）令（人）喘不过气来；使（人）惊叹
If you say that something takes your breath away, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or surprising.
e.g. I heard this song on the radio and it just took my breath away.
我是从收音机里听到这首歌的，它令我惊叹不已。
19. 压低嗓音；低声地
If you say something under your breath, you say it in a very quiet voice, often because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying.
e.g. Walsh muttered something under his breath.
沃尔什小声嘟囔了一句。
20. 白费唇舌
If someone says you are wasting your breath, they mean that the person you are talking to will not take any notice and so there is no point saying anything to them.
e.g. The tone of her voice told him he was wasting his breath.
她的语气使他明白他是在白费口舌。
21. with bated breath -> see bated
to fight for breath -> see fight