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breath

/bɹɛθ/ 名词 B1

中文: 呼吸、气息

  1. The act or process of breathing. (uncountable) · I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.· The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.
  2. A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air. (countable) · I took a deep breath and started the test.
  3. Air expelled from the lungs. (uncountable) · I could feel the runner's breath on my shoulder.
  4. A rest or pause. (countable) · Let's stop for a breath when we get to the top of the hill.
  5. A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense. (countable, uncountable) · Even with all the windows open, there is hardly a breath of air in here.· If she had a breath of common sense, she would never have spoken to the man in the first place.

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With the breath of the Bogie in my hair;
《A Child's Garden of Verses》,第13页 · C1
“Fury said to a mouse, That he met in the house, ‘Let us both go to law: _I_ will prosecute _you_.—Come, I’ll take no denial; We must have a trial: For really this morning I’ve nothing to do.’ Said the mouse to the cur, ‘Such a trial, dear sir, With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath.’ ‘I’ll be judge, I’ll be jury,’ Said cunning old Fury: ‘I’ll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death.’”
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第19页 · B2
This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape; so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out of breath, and till the puppy’s bark sounded quite faint in the distance.
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第30页 · B2
Then the Queen left off, quite out of breath, and said to Alice, “Have you seen the Mock Turtle yet?”
《Alice's Adventures in Wonderland》,第70页 · B2

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