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breathless

英 ['breθlɪs] 美['brɛθləs]

英英释义实用场景例句

adj. 喘不过气来的；停止呼吸的

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副词: breathlessly;名词: breathlessness;

英英释意

1. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;: "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest"

2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing;: "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"

3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;: "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"

英文词源

breathless (adj.): late 14c., "unable to breathe," from breath + -less. Meaning "out of breath, panting" is from mid-15c. Used from 1590s in the sense "dead." Meaning "forgetting to breathe due to excitement, awe, anticipation, etc." is recorded from 1802. Related: Breathlessly; breathlessness.

实用场景例句

breathless with terror: 吓得目瞪口呆

the breathless excitement of seeing each other again: 再次相见时令人无比兴奋

the breathless heat of a summer afternoon: 夏日午后的闷热

They maintained a breathless (= very fast) pace for half an hour.: 他们用疾速的步伐走了半小时。

He arrived breathless at the top of the stairs.: 他爬上楼梯顶时气喘吁吁的。

...the breathless excitement of early 1988, when hundreds and thousands of citizens gathered nightly for political meetings.: 1988年年初，兴奋与狂热的情绪令人窒息，成百上千的市民每晚聚在一起参加政治集会

Technology has advanced at a breathless pace.: 技术进步速度惊人，日新月异。

We were breathless with anticipation.: 我们满怀期待，激动得快要无法呼吸。

I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast...: 我有点儿喘不上气，心脏咚咚地快速跳动着。

Villefort stood watching, breathless, until his father had disappeared at the Rue Bussy.: 维尔福屏息静气地站在那儿呆望着, 直望到他的父亲拐入了蒲赛街.

It was dirty and noisy and breathless.: 那个地方又脏又闹,挤得你透不过气来.

He was breathless after climbing ten floors.: 爬了十层楼,他已上气不接下气了.

She sounded breathless, as if nervous but trying not to be.: 她说起话来上气不接下气, 而且极力压抑着紧张的心情.

I stopped, and he came up breathless.: 我站住, 等他气喘吁吁地赶上来.

The river is glassing in a breathless calm.: 河水在无风的宁静中显得光滑如镜.

Chess fans around the globe watched the match with breathless interest.: 全世界的棋迷都屏息静观这场棋赛.

The body lay breathless on the bed: there was no sign of life.: 躺在床上的人停止了呼吸,已经死了.

By the time I got to the top I was completely breathless.: 我到达山顶时已是气喘吁吁的了.

Onion is a breathless and transitive vegetable, and it has obvious dormant period.: 洋葱是一种无呼吸跃变的蔬菜, 具有明显的休眠期.

As in previous spurts of breathless growth, China is building up an inflationary head of steam.: 中国的经济就如一个人屏住气一阵冲刺后, 现在通货膨胀犹如满头热气冒了出来.

She opened the door of the apartment, a little breathless from climbing the stairs.: 她打开公寓的门走了进来, 因为刚爬了楼梯,显得有些气喘.

He forged ahead, panting and breathless.: 他气喘吁吁地向前奔跑.

She was hot and breathless from the exertion of cycling uphill.: 由于用力骑车爬坡, 她浑身发热,

Heavy smoking makes him breathless.: 吸烟过多使他气喘.

Suddenly she felt sixteen again and happy, a little breathless and excited.: 她突然感到自己又变成了一个十六岁的姑娘,那么快活, 还有点紧张和兴奋.

By the end of the walk, she was breathless with exertion.: 走到最后, 她累得上气不接下气.

Their heat parched fields, wilted crops, and left people lying breathless and unconscious on the ground.: 它们的酷热烤焦了土地, 使庄稼枯萎, 人们喘不过气来,倒在地上昏迷不醒.