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N-VAR
呼出的氣體；氣息
Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
例句
I could smell the whisky on his breath...
我能聞到他呼出的威士忌的味道。
Smoking causes bad breath.
吸煙會導致口臭。
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N-VAR
吸氣
When you take a breath, you breathe in once.
例句
He took a deep breath, and began to climb the stairs...
他深吸了一口氣，然后開始爬樓梯。
Gasping for breath, she leaned against the door...
她倚靠在門上，大口喘著氣。
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N-SING
（風或氣流的）一絲，絲毫
If you say that there is not a breath of wind or air, you are emphasizing that there is no wind and the air is very still.
例句
Not even a breath of wind stirred the pine branches.
一絲風也沒有，松樹枝條紋絲不動。
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N-SING
微量；少許
A breath of something, is a small amount of it.
例句
It was left to Martina to add a breath of common sense to the proceedings.
這件事交由馬丁娜處理，她會使整個過程顯得更符合情理一些。
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PHRASE
（到室外）呼吸新鮮空氣，透口氣
If you go outside for a breath of fresh air or for a breath of air, you go outside because it is unpleasantly warm indoors.
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PHRASE
令人耳目一新的事物；新鮮刺激的東西
If you describe something new or different as a breath of fresh air, you mean that it makes a situation or subject more interesting or exciting.
例句
Her brisk treatment of an almost taboo subject was a breath of fresh air.
她把這個近乎禁忌的話題處理得很輕松，令人耳目一新。
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PHRASE
喘過氣來；恢復正常呼吸
When you get your breath back after doing something energetic, you start breathing normally again.
例句
I reached out a hand to steady myself against the house while I got my breath back.
我伸出一只手抵住墻壁撐著身子，讓自己喘口氣。
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PHRASE
喘口氣；歇口氣
When you catch your breath while you are doing something energetic, you stop for a short time so that you can start breathing normally again.
例句
He had stopped to catch his breath and make sure of his directions.
他曾停下來歇口氣，同時確定一下方向。
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PHRASE
（通常因為震驚）倒吸一口冷氣
If something makes you catch your breath, it makes you take a short breath of air, usually because it shocks you.
例句
Kenny caught his breath as Nikko nearly dropped the bottle.
尼科差點兒把瓶子摔了，這讓肯尼倒吸了一口氣。
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PHRASE
喘口氣；歇口氣
If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
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PHRASE
屏息；止住呼吸
If you hold your breath, you make yourself stop breathing for a few moments, for example because you are under water.
例句
I held my breath and sank under the water.
我屏住呼吸沉入水底。
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PHRASE
屏息靜氣（焦急或激動地等待）
If you say that someone is holding their breath, you mean that they are waiting anxiously or excitedly for something to happen.
例句
The whole world holds its breath for this speech.
整個世界都屏住呼吸等待這一講話。
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PHRASE
不指望（某事發生）
If you say that you won't hold your breath, you mean that you do not expect something to happen even though someone has suggested that it might.
例句
'Next thing you know, I'll be dancing at your wedding,' he cried. 'Don't hold your breath,' my father replied.
“你瞧，下一件事是，我會在你的婚禮上跳舞，”他大聲說。“你休想，”我父親答道。
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PHRASE
最后一口氣
When someone takes their last breath, they die.
例句
His wife sat with him until he drew his last breath.
他的妻子坐在他跟前，直到他咽下最后一口氣。
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PHRASE
喘不過氣；上氣不接下氣
If you are out of breath, you are breathing very quickly and with difficulty because you have been doing something energetic.
例句
There she was, slightly out of breath from running.
她在那兒，跑得有點兒喘不過氣來。
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PHRASE
但同時/但緊接著（尤用于譴責某人的言論自相矛盾）
You can use in the same breath or in the next breath to indicate that someone says two very different or contradictory things, especially when you are criticizing them.
例句
He hailed this week's arms agreement but in the same breath expressed suspicion about the motivations of the United States.
他為本周達成的武器協議而歡呼，但同時又對美國的動機表示懷疑。
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PHRASE
呼吸短促；呼吸困難
If you are short of breath, you find it difficult to breathe properly, for example because you are ill. You can also say that someone suffers from shortness of breath .
例句
She felt short of breath and flushed...
她感到呼吸困難，臉頰緋紅。
Any exercise that causes undue shortness of breath should be stopped.
任何導致呼吸出現困難的鍛煉都應停止。
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PHRASE
（美或驚訝得）令（人）喘不過氣來；使（人）驚嘆
If you say that something takes your breath away, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or surprising.
例句
I heard this song on the radio and it just took my breath away.
我是從收音機里聽到這首歌的，它令我驚嘆不已。
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PHRASE
壓低嗓音；低聲地
If you say something under your breath, you say it in a very quiet voice, often because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying.
例句
Walsh muttered something under his breath.
沃爾什小聲嘟囔了一句。
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PHRASE
白費唇舌
If someone says you are wasting your breath, they mean that the person you are talking to will not take any notice and so there is no point saying anything to them.
例句
The tone of her voice told him he was wasting his breath.
她的語氣使他明白他是在白費口舌。