breathlessness

气绝

词形变化

breathlessnesses 复数 breathlessnesses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.

    呼吸困难

    不可数

    Climbing eight flights of stairs while the elevator is out of service can easily produce some breathlessness in people whose physical fitness is otherwise not noticeably impaired.

  2. 2.

    Difficult or labored breathing, as a symptom or sign of a medical condition.

    不可数 医学

    Since he'd entered the urgent care center, his breathlessness had only gotten worse, even though he'd been sitting quietly.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

sob shortness of breath

上位词 2

dyspnea dyspnoea

词源

From breathless + -ness.

来源：wiktionary