一口驚嚇的氣（動詞與名詞）
核心畫面本身：突然的刺激讓身體先吸了一口氣。同一件事，用動詞說是「你倒抽了氣」，用名詞說是「有一聲倒抽氣」。
gasp, sudden intake of breath · verb · C2
To take in air suddenly in a way that people can hear, especially because you are surprised or in pain.
倒抽氣
核心畫面
One way to hold it: the breath your body takes without asking you — air pulled in sharply enough that other people hear it.
一口「不是你決定要吸的」氣。身體先動了，你才發現自己吸了氣——而且吸得夠急、夠用力，旁邊的人聽得見。這個字最關鍵的地…更多收起
一口「不是你決定要吸的」氣。身體先動了，你才發現自己吸了氣——而且吸得夠急、夠用力，旁邊的人聽得見。這個字最關鍵的地方就在「聽得見」：呼吸本來是安靜的背景音，一旦變成別人耳朵抓得到的聲音，就代表身體正在應付某種它應付不來的東西——嚇到、痛到、或喘不過氣。From the word’s history
Middle English gaspen meant something like "to gape, to breathe out" and is tied to Old Norse geispa "to yawn" — the same family as gape, a mouth pulled open. The open mouth came first; the audible breath through it is what English kept.
中古英文 gaspen 意思接近「張大嘴、呼氣」，跟古北歐語 geispa（打呵欠）有關，屬於 gape（嘴張開）那一家。也就是說，這個字最早畫的是「嘴被拉開」的樣子，而現代英文留下來的是從那張開的嘴進出的、聽得見的那口氣。
Middle English gaspen / gayspen, related to Old Norse geispa ("to yawn"), cognate with gapa ("to gape"); attested origin supplied with the payload
Three branches
喘不過氣（動詞與名詞）
同樣是聽得見的急促呼吸，但原因從「嚇到」換成「缺氧」。一次變成連續：不是一口，是一口接一口地追著空氣跑。
gasp, struggle for breath · verb · C2
To breathe quickly, in a way that people can hear, because you are finding it hard to get enough air.
喘氣
最後一口氣
還是那口聽得見的氣，但這次是最後一口。把「一口氣」放到時間軸的終點，它就從呼吸變成了「結束前的那一刻」。
last gasp · noun · C2
The last short time before a person dies, or before something stops happening or comes to an end.
最後一口氣
原始詞典資料8 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。
gaspverb/ɡɑːsp/
- 1
To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.
- The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
- 2
To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.
- We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
- c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad She gasps and struggles hard for life.
- 3
To speak in a breathless manner.
- The old man gasped his last few words.
- 4
To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.
- I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
- Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
gaspnoun/ɡɑːsp/
- 1
A short, sudden intake of breath.
- The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
- 2
slangA draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).
- I'm popping out for a gasp.
gaspintj/ɡɑːsp/
- 1
The sound of a gasp.
- Gasp! What will happen next?
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。