breathe

verb

空气；呼吸 air/breath

1. 呼吸
   to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth
   1. He breathed deeply before speaking again.
      他深深吸一口气，然后继续说下去。
   2. The air was so cold we could hardly breathe.
      空气非常寒冷，我们难以呼吸。
   3. She was beginning to breathe more easily.
      她呼吸开始较为顺畅了。
   4. Most people don't realize that they are breathing polluted air.
      大多数人没有意识到自己正呼吸着污染了的空气。
2. 呼出
   to send air, smoke or a particular smell out of your mouth
   1. He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
      他走过来靠近我，喷得我满身酒气。

低声说 say quietly

3. 低声说
   to say sth quietly
   1. ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
      “我在这儿呢。”她轻声说。

酒 of wine

4. （打开瓶盖，让酒）通气飘香
   if you allow wine to breathe , you open the bottle and let air get in before you drink it

布料；皮肤 of cloth/skin

5. 透气
   if cloth, leather, skin, etc. can breathe , air can move around or through it
   1. Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.
      棉织品能使皮肤透气。

感觉；品质 feeling/quality

6. 充满，散发（某种感情或品质）
   to be full of a particular feeling or quality
   1. Her performance breathed wit and charm.
      她的表演灵巧迷人。

1. VERB 呼吸；吸；呼
   When people or animals breathe, they take air into their lungs and let it out again. When they breathe smoke or a particular kind of air, they take it into their lungs and let it out again as they breathe.
   1. He stood there breathing deeply and evenly...
      他站在那儿均匀地深呼吸。
   2. Always breathe through your nose...
      要一直用鼻子呼吸。
   3. No American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air...
      所有美国人都不必开车到城外去呼吸洁净的空气。
   4. A thirteen year old girl is being treated after breathing in smoke.
      一名13岁的小姑娘因吸入浓烟正在接受治疗。
2. VERB 轻声说出
   If someone breathes something, they say it very quietly.
   1. 'You don't understand,' he breathed.
      “你不明白。”他低声说道。
3. VERB 吐露；说出
   If you do not breathe a word about something, you say nothing about it, because it is a secret.
   1. He never breathed a word about our conversation.
      关于我们的谈话他只字未提。
4. VERB 将（生气、信心或兴奋）注入；为…带来
   If someone breathes life, confidence, or excitement into something, they improve it by adding this quality.
   1. It is the readers who breathe life into a newspaper with their letters.
      是读者通过来信给报纸带来了生气。
5. VERB （酒）通气透香
   If you let wine breathe, you open the bottle to allow the air to get in and improve its flavour before you drink it.
   1. Red wines should be allowed to 'breathe' if possible before drinking.
      如果可能的话，在饮用红酒前应该先开瓶透透气。
6. 咽气；断气；死去
   When someone breathes their last, they die.
7. to be breathing down someone's neck → see: neck

1. He stood there breathing deeply and evenly
   他站在那儿均匀地深呼吸。
2. Always breathe through your nose
   要一直用鼻子呼吸。
3. No American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air
   所有美国人都不必开车到城外去呼吸洁净的空气。
4. A thirteen year old girl is being treated after breathing in smoke.
   一名13岁的小姑娘因吸入浓烟正在接受治疗。
5. 'You don't understand,' he breathed.
   “你不明白。”他低声说道。
6. He never breathed a word about our conversation.
   关于我们的谈话他只字未提。
7. It is the readers who breathe life into a newspaper with their letters.
   是读者通过来信给报纸带来了生气。
8. Red wines should be allowed to 'breathe' if possible before drinking.
   如果可能的话，在饮用红酒前应该先开瓶透透气。
9. Breathe out and ease your knees in toward your chest.
   呼气，膝部放松向胸部靠拢。
10. Hold your breath for a count of five, then slowly breathe out
    屏住气息数五下，然后慢慢地呼气。
11. You had to listen hard to hear the old man breathe
    你要仔细听才能听见老人的呼吸声。
12. I'm sweating, my heart is pounding. I can't breathe.
    我浑身冒汗，心脏狂跳，呼吸困难。
13. It hurt to breathe, and he winced as he ran his hand over his ribs
    他呼吸起来都很痛苦，当他的手摸过肋骨时痛得抽搐了一下。
14. He could scarcely breathe
    他几乎喘不过气来。
15. Place your hands on the small of your back and breathe in.
    双手置于腰部，吸气。
16. Alexis suddenly could take no more: he felt too hot, he couldn't breathe, the room swam.
    亚历克西斯突然觉得受不了了，他感到闷热，喘不上气，仿佛整间屋子在旋转。
17. Leather uppers allow the feet to breathe.
    皮革鞋帮使脚得以透气。
18. He wouldn't breathe a word.
    他连半句话都不说。
19. Hush up.; Don't breathe a word about it.
    不要声张。
20. The room was so stuffy that one could hardly breathe.
    屋里太闷，憋得人透不过气来。
21. I'll love you as long as I breathe.
    只要我还活着，我一定爱你。
22. This is just between us. don't breathe a word to anyone else.
    这是咱俩间的私话，对别人可一个字也不能说。
23. The patient is beginning to breathe more easily.
    病人的呼吸渐渐顺畅了。
24. Don't breathe a word about this.
    这件事，你可别嚷嚷。
25. At parties, I don't like to be with people who breathe out smoke all over me.
    聚会时，我不愿意和那些在我周围喷烟吐雾的人在一起。
26. In the morning I open the window wide and breathe in deeply.
    早晨我敞开窗户，做深呼吸。
27. If you breathe on the window you can write your name in the mist.
    如果你往玻璃窗上哈气，你可在雾蒙蒙的窗上写下你的名字。
28. We have to breathe in and out so many times a minute.
    每分钟我们都得呼吸那么多次。
29. In large cities people breathe in dangerous gases from cars and chimneys.
    在大城市人们呼吸时吸入汽车和烟囱排出的有害气体。
30. The doctor asked me to breathe in, then to breathe out fully.
    医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。

  gasp breathe exhale gulp inhale pant puff【导航词义：呼吸】

  gasp v. 喘气，喘息；急促呼吸

〔辨析〕指因惊讶、疼痛或震惊而倒吸气，也指因呼吸困难而急促地深呼吸。

  breathe v. 呼吸

〔辨析〕普通用词，指用肺等正常呼吸。

  exhale v. 呼出，呼气

〔辨析〕指把吸进的空气、烟气等呼出来。

  gulp v. 大口吸气，喘大气

〔辨析〕因体内缺氧而大口吸气或喘气，也指因害怕、惊讶而倒吸气。

  inhale v. 吸入，吸气

〔辨析〕指吸入空气、烟雾、味道等。

  pant v. 气喘，喘息

〔辨析〕指因运动、天气炎热等而呼吸急促。

  puff v. 喘粗气

〔辨析〕指因运动、干重活等而费劲地大口喘气。

breathe in

1. 吸气
   to take air into your lungs through your nose or mouth

breathe sth↔in

1. 吸入（气体）
   to take air, smoke, etc. into your lungs through your nose or mouth
   1. He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
      他走过来靠近我，喷得我满身酒气。

breathe out

1. 呼气
   to send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth
   1. ‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
      “我在这儿呢。”她轻声说。

breathe sth↔out

1. 呼出（气体）
   to send air, smoke, etc. out of your lungs through your nose or mouth

v.

breathe (easily/freely) again

• 平静下来；松一口气
  to feel calm again after sth unpleasant or frightening has ended

breathe down sb's neck

• 紧盯着某人看；看得某人发毛（或心烦）；监视
  to watch closely what sb is doing in a way that makes them feel anxious and/or annoyed

breathe (new) life into sth

• （给某事物）带来起色，注入活力
  to improve sth by introducing new ideas and making people more interested in it

breathe your last

• 气绝（身亡）；断气
  to die

breathe/rest easy

• 安下心；松口气
  to relax and stop worrying
  1. You can rest easy─I'm not going to tell anyone.
     你尽管放心，我不会告诉任何人的。

live and breathe sth

• 热衷于（某事）
  to be very enthusiastic about sth
  1. He just lives and breathes football.
     他非常热衷于足球。

verb

1. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
   1. I can breathe better when the air is clean
   2. The patient is respiring

   Synonym:    take a breathrespiresuspire

2. expel (gases or odors)

   Synonym:    emitpass off

3. reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
   1. This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours

4. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

   Synonym:    restcatch one's breathtake a breather

5. manifest or evince
   1. She breathes the Christian spirit

6. utter or tell
   1. not breathe a word

7. impart as if by breathing
   1. He breathed new life into the old house

8. be alive
   1. Every creature that breathes

9. allow the passage of air through
   1. Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear