【breath】 - SAT备考词汇

breath

UK:  [breθ]

US:  [breθ]

复数：breaths  

n.

1.气息,呼吸

2.呼吸力;生命

3.一息,一气,一口气;微风;声息,微音;低语,喃喃;气味;香气(的漂动)

4.气力

5.唇舌

6.〔美俚〕洋葱

7.琐事,小事

8.迹象,表示

9.一瞬间;休止,小歇

10.【语音】无声音,气音

1 . By then Shousheng had already entered, truly covered with mud. The clerk sat down, panting for breath, unable to say a word.
这时寿生已经跑了进来，当真是一身泥，气喘喘地坐下了，说不出话来。

2 . The old man is so stubborn that you'd be only wasting your breath trying to make him change his mind.
那个老头子太固执，你去劝他改变主意，不过是白费口舌。

3 . A quadriplegic woman sailor set off on a solo journey around the British Isles June 16, 2008 in a boat she controls with her breath.
一位四肢痲痹的女船手6月16日用她的呼吸控制一艘风帆，将独自绕英伦三岛环行一周。

4 . I climbed on board , out of breath , red-faced , and stumbled over a woman's legs to the last unoccupied seat .
我气喘吁吁地爬上飞机，又羞又气，满脸通红。在冲向飞机上唯一一个空座时，不小心绊到了一位女士的腿。

5 . Cat was sweating and out of breath. Her heavy coat was ripped. The hat on her head had a hole in it.
猫大汗淋漓，气喘吁吁。她的厚大衣撕破了。她头上的帽子破了一个洞。