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呼吸；低语；松口气；（风）轻拂;vt. 呼吸；使喘息；流露；低声说
breathe
常考释义
Oxygen could be used to breathe, and hydrogen could be turned into fuel, rocket fuel.
氧气供人呼吸，氢气可以转化成燃料，特别是火箭燃料。
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Always breathe through your nose.
始终用鼻子呼吸。
He stood there breathing deeply and evenly.
他站在那里均匀地深呼吸。
Marty Millman is breathing through a hole in his throat right now.
马蒂·米尔曼正奄奄一息呢。
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vi. 歇口气；歇息
I took a moment to breathe before applying myself again to the task.
在重新投入到此项任务之前，我花了点时间喘口气。
vi. 活着；生存着<文>
Every creature that breathes on this earth is precious.
这个世界上生存着的每一条生命都是珍贵的。
vi. 调节内部压力至大气压力【技】
The crankcase breathes through this duct.
曲柄轴箱通过这个管道将内部压力调至大气压力。
vi. 轻微地流动；轻轻地吹；轻拂<文>
The gentle breeze breathed in the treetops
微风轻拂树梢
vi. （尤指为了燃烧而）通气【技】
The engine breathes through this air filter.
引擎通过这台空气过滤器通气。
vi. （饮用前打开瓶盖）通气飘香
The wine should be left to breathe a little before being brought to the table.
葡萄酒在拿上餐桌之前应该先打开瓶盖通通气。
vt. to breathe a word (of/about sth)：透露某事物的风声
Don't worry, Seamus, I won't breathe a word to a living soul.
放心吧，谢默斯，我不会在任何人面前走漏风声。
He never breathed a word about our conversation.
他对于我们的谈话只字未提。
vt. to breathe again;to breathe freely;to breathe easily：松了口气；安下心来
I could breathe again after passing the exam.
通过考试之后，我终于放心了。
Everyone felt able to breathe more freely after he had left the room.
他离开房间后，大家都觉得松了口气。
vt. to breathe down sb's neck：紧跟着某人；紧紧尾随某人；紧盯某人；严密监视某人
It's difficult to stop when there's a bloody great lorry breathing down your neck!
如果有个该死的大卡车紧跟着你，你也很难能停下来。
I can breathe easily now that the boss is no longer breathing down my neck.
老板现在不再紧盯着我了，我可以松口气了。
vt. to breathe life into sth;to breathe new life into sth：给某事物带来活力；给某事物注入新生命
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。
Our aim is to breathe new life into these ancient institutions.
我们的目标是给这些古老的机构注入新生命。
vt. to breathe your last：去世；断气；结束；完败
On Monday he breathed his last; on Tuesday the will was read; on Wednesday all hell broke loose.
周一他去世了；周二宣读了遗嘱；周三就闹翻了天。
vt. 低声说；轻轻说
`Don't move a muscle,' she breathed, `the lion's looking right at us.'
“一动也别动，”她低声说，“狮子正盯着我们看呢。”
vt. 呼出；散发；排出
He reels in, breathing whisky fumes all over everyone.
他摇晃着走进来，对着每个人呼出带有威士忌味道的气息。
The dragon breathes fire.
那条龙口喷火焰。
vt. 呼吸
They are breathing pure oxygen.
他们在呼吸纯净的氧气。
Why should I have to breathe your filthy smoke?
为什么我应该呼吸你那污浊的烟雾？
vt. 灌输；赋予；给予
A director must breathe confidence into the actors.
导演应为演员注入信心。
He did his best to breathe a little vitality into the lacklustre proceedings.
他用尽全力为乏味枯燥的议程注入一丝活力。
vt. 让…歇息一下
She needed to breathe her horse after the gallop.
她需要让她的马在飞奔后休息一下。
vi. 透气【纺】
vt. 发（清音）；发（气息音）【语言】
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