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Indrawn describes a breath you pull in quickly, often with a little sound. People do this when they are shocked, scared, hurt, or suddenly surprised — the chest jumps, and you hear the air go in. You will almost always meet it in a small set of phrases: an indrawn breath, an indrawn . It is a describing word for the breath, not for the person. Everyday talk more often just says or sharp breath; indrawn is a little literary, the kind of word a story uses when it wants you to hear the room freeze. Though actually, older books sometimes call a quiet, closed person indrawn too, as if their feelings were pulled inside — that is a different use, and not this one.
倒抽的(一口氣)
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。
indrawnadj
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Having been drawn in or inward.
- Not wishing to disturb the animal he was trying to photograph, he held his indrawn breath until the shutter was released.
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Mentally withdrawn; introspective.
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。