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1. VERB 呼吸；吸；呼 When people or animals breathe, they take air into their lungs and let it out again. When they breathe smoke or a particular kind of air, they take it into their lungs and let it out again as they breathe. 

  • He stood there breathing deeply and evenly...

    他站在那儿均匀地深呼吸。

  • Always breathe through your nose...

    要一直用鼻子呼吸。

  • No American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air...

    所有美国人都不必开车到城外去呼吸洁净的空气。

breathing

  • Her breathing became slow and heavy...

    她的呼吸变得沉重缓慢。

  • He heard only deep breathing.

    他只能听到沉重的呼吸声。

2. VERB 轻声说出 If someone breathes something, they say it very quietly. 

  • 'You don't understand,' he breathed.

    “你不明白。”他低声说道。

3. VERB 吐露；说出 If you do not breathe a word about something, you say nothing about it, because it is a secret. 

  • He never breathed a word about our conversation.

    关于我们的谈话他只字未提。

4. VERB 将（生气、信心或兴奋）注入；为…带来 If someone breathes life, confidence, or excitement into something, they improve it by adding this quality. 

  • It is the readers who breathe life into a newspaper with their letters.

    是读者通过来信给报纸带来了生气。

5. VERB （酒）通气透香 If you let wine breathe, you open the bottle to allow the air to get in and improve its flavour before you drink it. 

  • Red wines should be allowed to 'breathe' if possible before drinking.

    如果可能的话，在饮用红酒前应该先开瓶透透气。

6. PHRASE 咽气；断气；死去 When someone breathes their last, they die. 
7.   to be breathing down someone's neck→see: neck;  to breathe a sigh of relief→see: sigh; 
相关词组：
breathe in  breathe out 
Verb

1. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs;

  • "I can breathe better when the air is clean"
  • "The patient is respiring"

2. be alive;

  • "Every creature that breathes"

3. impart as if by breathing;

  • "He breathed new life into the old house"

4. allow the passage of air through;

  • "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear"

5. utter or tell;

  • "not breathe a word"

6. manifest or evince;

  • "She breathes the Christian spirit"

7. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

8. reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked;

  • "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours"

9. expel (gases or odors)

1. The doctor asked me to breathe in, then to breathe out fully.
医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。

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2. A teacher should try to breathe new life into his subject.
教师应当给自己所授学科注入新的活力。

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3. At high altitudes it is difficult to breathe.
在海拔高的地方会感到呼吸困难。

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4. Don't breathe a word about this for the time being.
这事暂时不要嚷嚷出去。

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5. Don't worry, I wouldn't breathe a word of your secret.
别担心，我不会泄漏你的秘密。

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6. He has gone; you can breathe again.
他已经走了，你可以松口气了。

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7. He was pinned against the fence by a boy twice his size; he could hardly breathe.
他被一个身材两倍于他的男孩按在篱笆上，喘不过气来。

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8. He wouldn't breathe a word.
他连半句话都不说。

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9. Hush up.; Don't breathe a word about it.
不要声张。

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10. In making that plea he will breathe in vain.
他做那种恳求是白费口舌的。

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11. It's too humid today;it's hard to breathe!
今天真闷热，热得透不过气来！

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12. Just breathe in the ozone on the sea.
吸吸海上的新鲜空气吧。

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13. The crowd pressed together so tightly that we could hardly breathe.
人群挤在一起，我们几乎喘不过气来。

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14. The doctors decided that a rubber pipe would have to be let in to enable him to breathe.
医生们决定得插一个橡皮管进去，好使他能呼吸。

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15. The pregnant woman needed to breathe deeply when her heart was beating with such fierceness.
当这位孕妇的心如此猛烈地跳动时，她需要做深呼吸。

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16. The room was so stuffy that one could hardly breathe.
屋里太闷，憋得人透不过气来。

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17. There was such a crush on the train that I could hardly breathe.
列车上这么拥挤我几乎透不过气来。

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18. Too many people were pressed into the room, and I could hardly breathe.
那屋里挤得水泄不通，我几乎都喘不过气来。

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19. We have to breathe in and out so many times a minute.
我们每分钟都得呼吸那么多次。

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20. We lifted our heads to breathe in the fresh, clear air.
我们抬起头，吸进新鲜、干净的空气。

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