breath的词典解释是什么

1. 迹象
2. 呼吸，呼吸力
3. 气息，气味
4. 一口气，一息，一气
5. 微风
6. 一次
7. 瞬息，一瞬间
8. 生命
9. 【语】无声音
10. 声息，气音，微音
11. 低语，喃喃
12. 香气

1. the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing;

   "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"
   "he was fighting to his last breath"
   

2. the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration;

   "his sour breath offended her"
   

3. a short respite
4. an indirect suggestion;

   "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
   

5. a slight movement of the air;

   "there wasn't a breath of air in the room"
   

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. Draw a deep breath.
   作一次深呼吸。
2. He made a deep breath.
   他深深地吸了一口气。
3. The athlete soon recovered his breath after the final dash.
   这位运动员最后冲刺之后很快就呼吸正常了。
4. I shall love you as long as I have breath.
   我爱你至死不渝。
5. Our scouts brushed aside in one breath all the mines laid by the enemy.
   我们的侦察兵把敌人埋的地雷一下子全排除了。
6. The sick man spoke slowly, with frequent pauses for breath.
   那个病人慢慢地讲着,不时停下来喘息。
7. It was mere waste of breath to argue with a person in so unreasonable a state of mind.
   与一个如此不讲道理的人争论纯粹是浪费口舌。
8. There was not a breath in the air.
   一丝风也没有。
9. Conservatives are against every breath of social reform.
   保守派对任何一点的社会改革都要反对。

• A land-breeze..Milk-warm wi' breath of spice an' bloom.

  出自：R. Kipling

• The heat rolled from the earth like the breath of an oven.

  出自：G. Orwell

我们到那里时,已经气喘吁吁了。

误 When we got there, we were already out of the breath.

正 When we got there, we were already out of breath.

析 out of breath是习语,意为“喘不过气来”, breath前不加冠词。

保姆闻到他的呼吸中有烟味。

误 Mammy could smell the smoke in his breath.

正 Mammy could smell the smoke on his breath.

析 在此句中on不能换成in。

你可以看出这群迷信群众在受到突然惊吓后那种屏息无声的畏缩样子。

误 You could see the superstitious crowd shrink and catch their breaths under the sudden shock.

正 You could see the superstitious crowd shrink and catch their breath under the sudden shock.

析 breath作“气息”解时是不可数名词,故one's breath中的one即使是复数, breath也要用单数。