喜樂美語

核心畫面

Air going in and out of a living body, over and over — the steady in-out rhythm that keeps you alive. Almost everything else 'breathe' does is this same in-out movement of air, borrowed for other things.

可以想成空氣一進一出地通過一個活著的身體，吸進來、再吐出去，這樣不停地循環，是讓人活下去的那股節奏。'breathe…更多收起可以想成空氣一進一出地通過一個活著的身體，吸進來、再吐出去，這樣不停地循環，是讓人活下去的那股節奏。'breathe' 後面幾乎所有的意思，都是把這個『空氣一進一出』的畫面借去用在別的地方——有時借的是『吐氣』，有時借的是『讓空氣通過』，有時借的是『放鬆地呼一口氣』。

原始詞典資料17 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

breatheverb/bɹiːð/

  • 1

    To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.

  • 2

    To take in needed gases and expel waste gases in a similar way.

    • Fish have gills so they can breathe underwater.
  • 3

    To inhale (a gas) to sustain life.

    • While life as we know it depends on oxygen, scientists have speculated that alien life forms might breathe chlorine or methane.
  • 4

    To live.

    • I will not allow it, as long as I still breathe.
    • I am in health, I breathe.
  • 5

    To draw something into the lungs.

    • Try not to breathe too much smoke.
  • 6

    To expel air from the lungs, exhale.

    • If you breathe on a mirror, it will fog up.
  • 7

    To exhale or expel (something) in the manner of breath.

    • The flowers breathed a heady perfume.
    • Mountain Drakes breathe fire, Ice Drakes breathe ice, Swamp Drakes breathe acid, and Forest Drakes breathe lightning.
  • 8

    To give an impression of, to exude.

    • The decor positively breathes classical elegance.
另外 9 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    To whisper quietly.

    • He breathed the words into her ear, but she understood them all.
  • 10

    To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to emanate; to blow gently.

    • The wind breathes through the trees.
    • The air breathes upon us here most sweetly.
  • 11

    To inspire (scripture).

    • The affirmation before us, then, will be, "All scripture is divinely breathed."
    • […] that God, who breathed the Scriptures, "cannot lie," […]
  • 12

    To exchange gases with the environment.

    • Uncork the wine and leave it on the table for a few minutes to allow it to breathe.
  • 13

    Of a material etc., to allow gases to pass through.

    • Garments made of certain new materials breathe well and keep the skin relatively dry during exercise.
  • 14

    archaicTo rest; to stop and catch one's breath.

    • Thenne they lasshed to gyder many sad strokes / & tracyd and trauercyd now bakward / now sydelyng hurtlyng to gyders lyke two bores / & that same tyme they felle both grouelyng to the erthe / Thus they fought styll withoute ony reposynge two houres and neuer brethed
    • Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again!
  • 15

    To stop, to give (a horse) an opportunity to catch its breath.

    • At higher altitudes you need to breathe your horse more often.
  • 16

    To exercise; to tire by brisk exercise.

  • 17

    To passionately devote much of one's life to (an activity, etc.).

    • ―Do you like hiking? ―Are you kidding? I breathe hiking.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。