breath
n. 呼吸, 气息, 瞬间 [医] 呼气, 呵气, 口气, 呼吸
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呼吸，气息；一口气，（呼吸的）一次；瞬间，瞬息；微风；迹象；无声音，气音
to start breathing normally again after running or making a lot of effort
Slow down, I need to catch my breath.
慢一点，我要喘口气。
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The act or process of breathing.
呼吸
气息
不可数 可数I could hear the breath of the runner behind me.
The child's breath came quickly and unevenly.
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A single act of breathing in or out; a breathing of air.
可数 不可数I took a deep breath and started the test.
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Air expelled from the lungs.
呼吸
不可数 可数I could feel the runner's breath on my shoulder.
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A rest or pause.
可数 不可数Let's stop for a breath when we get to the top of the hill.
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A small amount of something, such as wind, or common sense.
可数 不可数Even with all the windows open, there is hardly a breath of air in here.
If she had a breath of common sense, she would never have spoken to the man in the first place.
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Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
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Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.
可数 废旧 不可数
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Misspelling of breathe.
In the polar regions one finds dark cold waters with few places to breath.
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voiceless, surd; contrasting with voice (breath sounds, voice sounds)
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From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”), from Proto-West Germanic *brāþi (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”) (compare German Brodem (“haze, vapor; breath”), of a different but related formation).
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