breathe one's last

短语

断气

词形变化

breathed one's last breathes one's last 三单 breathes one's last breathing one's last breathing one's last 现在分词 breathed one's last 过去式 breathed one's last 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To die.

    委婉 习语
  2. 2.

    To be defeated.

词源

Perhaps first used in Shakespeare's Henry VI, part 3 (c. 1591). Compare breathe (“to live”).

来源：wiktionary