If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited.
例句
I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast...我有點(diǎn)兒喘不上氣,心臟咚咚地快速跳動(dòng)著。We were breathless with anticipation.我們滿懷期待,激動(dòng)得快要無法呼吸。
ADJ
令人喘不過氣的
You use breathless for emphasis when you are describing feelings of excitement or exciting situations.
例句
Technology has advanced at a breathless pace.技術(shù)進(jìn)步速度驚人,日新月異。...the breathless excitement of early 1988, when hundreds and thousands of citizens gathered nightly for political meetings.1988年年初,興奮與狂熱的情緒令人窒息,成百上千的市民每晚聚在一起參加政治集會(huì)
英漢詞典釋義
adv.
氣喘地;屏息地
He dashed in breathlessly.他上氣不接下氣地猛沖進(jìn)來。The boys listened breathlessly as the sailor detailed the story of the shipwreck.水手詳述沉船的故事時(shí),孩子們屏息傾聽著。