英 [breθ] 美 [breθ]
n. 呼吸，气息；一次吸入的空气；（风或气流的）一丝，丝毫；微量，迹象；一瞬间
复数breaths
breath /brɛθ/ CET4 TEM4
有变体名词 Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant. 呼气
I could smell the whisky on his breath.
我能从他的呼气中闻到威士忌酒味。
有变体名词 When you take a breath, you breathe in once. 呼吸
He took a deep breath, and began to climb the stairs.
他深深地吸了一口气,然后开始爬楼梯。
Gasping for breath, she leaned against the door.
她靠在门上,大口喘着气,
习语 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. (到户外) 透口气
I had to step outside for a breath of fresh air.
我得到外面去透口气。
习语 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. 带来新气象
Her brisk treatment of an almost taboo subject was a breath of fresh air.
她对一个几乎是禁忌话题的干脆处理令人耳目一新。
习语 When you get your breath back after doing something energetic, you start breathing normally again. 缓过气来
I reached out a hand to steady myself against the house while I got my breath back.
我伸出一只手撑在房子上使自己站稳,缓口气。
习语 If you are out of breath, you are breathing very quickly and with difficulty because you have been doing something energetic. 喘不过气
She was slightly out of breath from running.
她跑过后有点上气不接下气。
习语 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. 自相矛盾
He hailed this week's arms agreement but in the same breath expressed suspicion about the motivations of the United States.
他赞扬了这周的武器协定,可自相矛盾的是又表示了对美国的动机的怀疑。
习语 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. 气短
She felt short of breath and flushed.
她感到气短,脸也红了。
习语 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. 低声地
Walsh muttered something under his breath.
沃尔什低声嘀咕了什么。
the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing
he took a deep breath and dived into the pool ; he was fighting to his last breath
the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration
his sour breath offended her
a short respite
同义词： breather / breathing place / breathing space / breathing spell / breathing time
a slight movement of the air
there wasn't a breath of air in the room
呼吸-引用次数：228
Breath in experimental group is deeper than control group and berath rate is also faster.
实验组呼吸较对照组深大，次数加快。
气息-引用次数：73
And as the visual expression of creed of religion grotto art should be with terrestrial breath and when people see the grotto art whey will feel it is affable and believable and people will accept and understand it.
所以石窟艺术作为佛教教义的形象体现,需要带有人间气息,人们看到石窟艺术时才能觉得可亲可信,人们可以接受它,理解它。
参考来源石窟艺术的人性化内涵
呼吸-引用次数：34
呼吸
气息;呼吸力
但是赛后，舒马赫的说法却透露着不寻常的气息(Breath)：阿隆索卷入了舒米被罚的事故，而原因究竟是为什么？
停止(stop)：神圣的停顿，不要有任何反应 2. 呼吸(breath)：让心专注在呼吸上 3. 注意(notice)：把注意力放在身体上，体验你的情绪，身体有甚么感觉?
赛季初球队的目标只是保级，谁知道当了半程冠军后，伊维恩更是阻挡， 一口气 ( Breath )杀到甲级。如果一保级的球队，能够在最近5场比赛，拿下四胜1的成绩，那么他肯定保级，这支球队(Team)就是梅斯。
...多变，女神装、假小子外型都拿手。从侧面我们可以看到，确实会把张楚楚误以为是孙俪。张楚楚在节目中换了多套打扮，这件双肩收腰裙能将芳华的气味（breath）展现出来，精细（fine）的妆容与甜蜜（sweet）的绑发恰好映托了张楚楚的名字，楚楚动人。
breathlessly 气喘地；屏息地
breathe 呼吸；低语；松口气；（风）轻拂
breathalyse 作呼气测醉检测
breathe 呼吸；使喘息；流露；低声说
breathalyse 做呼吸测醉试验（等于breathalyze）
His breath came in snuffles.
他呼哧呼哧地呼吸着。
Shona struggled for breath.
肖娜艰难地喘着气。
She suffered from shortness of breath.
她患有气急的毛病。
He stared at the birthmark. And slowly,with every breath that came and went, it lost some of its brightness.
VOA : special.2009.09.26
I think it takes your breath away to think of the unspeakably high hopes that John Milton had for his career.
我觉得像弥尔顿这样说出自己对职业如此高的希望,是很让人吃惊的。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
I sometimes use the mantra like just breathing in the breath of God and breathing out the breath of God.
我又是也会吟颂咒语,就好像吸入上帝之气,呼出上帝之气。
人性课程节选 : 普林斯顿公开课
The cold breath of autumn had stricken leaves from the plant until its branches,almost bare, hung on the bricks.
VOA : special.2009.08.01
When Zephyr also has,with his sweet breath, Quickened again,in every holt and heath, The tender shoots and buds,and the young sun...
VOA : special.2011.01.05
An environmentally-conscious educational complex called the Springs Preserve is a breath of fresh air.
"I would oftentimes be so out of breath that I would almost pass out, " he said.
This is Queensland at its most green, and a breath of fresh air from the muggy lowlands.