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/ˈbreθˌteɪkɪŋ/
So impressive, , or surprising that it almost stops your breath. Used about beautiful views and scenery, about great skill or speed, and about anything so surprising that people find it hard to believe.
令人驚嘆；美得屏息
比較級 more breathtaking最高級 most breathtaking
核心畫面
You can picture it like this: something appears in front of you and, for a moment, your breathing stops. Not because anything is wrong — because what you are seeing is bigger, more beautiful, or faster than what your mind was ready for. The body reacts before the words come.
某個東西突然出現在你眼前，你那一瞬間忘了呼吸。不是因為害怕，而是因為眼前的東西超出你原本預期的尺度——太美、太快、太…更多收起
某個東西突然出現在你眼前，你那一瞬間忘了呼吸。不是因為害怕，而是因為眼前的東西超出你原本預期的尺度——太美、太快、太厲害。這個字抓的是身體先有反應、話還說不出來的那一刻，所以它同時可以用在山谷的景色、選手的速度，或一個讓你愣住的消息上。原始詞典資料2 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。
breathtakingadj/ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/
- 1
stunningly beautiful; amazing
- He went to the Grand Canyon and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
- One day this old gentleman took me for a tour of the incomparable snowscapes in Chung Nan Hai Park.* Arrayed along the eastern shore of Chung Nan Lake stood a row of linked pavilions that seemed to be floating on the surface of the water. That day, strands of snowflakes sparkled like gems where they had collected between the humps of the enameled roof tiles. The breathtaking beauty of this vista made my soul turn somersaults.
- 2
Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
- breathtaking stupidity or rudeness
- The network was established with breathtaking speed in the 1840s, when more than 250,000 navvies were furiously building our railways.
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。