breath的经典引文

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.

breath of fresh air

使人耳目一新,带来新鲜感 refreshing development

catch one's breath

〈非正〉休息一下,歇一口气 rest and get back one's normal breathing

hold one's breath

屏住气 take no air in

in the same breath

同时 simultaneously

last〔dying〕 breath

临终 at the last moment of his life

lose one's breath

喘不过气 be out of breath

out of breath

喘不过气 breathless

save one's breath

别白费口舌 I do not want to hear your comments

stop sb's breath

把某人杀死 kill sb

take sb's breath away

使(某人)目瞪口呆; 使大吃一惊 make sb unable to speak from surprise, pleasure or especially shock

under one's breath

低声地 in a low voice or whisper

waste one's breath

徒费唇舌 talk when nobody heeds or is listening

with bated breath

屏息以待 in anticipation of sth

• 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

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的breth，意为吸气。