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A lungful is how much air — or smoke, or gas — you pull in with one breath, enough to fill the lungs. It is not a science measure with a number on a machine. It is a amount-word, like a handful or a mouthful: as much as that space will hold this time. People say a lungful of fresh air when they step outside, or a lungful of smoke if they breathe in from a cigarette or a fire. You almost always say a lungful of something. It can sound a little heavy or old-fashioned, but writers still like it when they want you to feel the breath itself, not just the idea of 'air'. It is ordinary enough in stories and spoken English; doctors doing real measurements would use other words.
一大口(一次吸進肺裡的空氣或煙)
原始詞典資料1 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。
lungfulnoun
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As much as the lungs will hold.
- The diver took in lungfuls of air as he returned to the surface.
- For there are many kinds of freedom, not just the ones that involve surf and lungfuls of fresh air.
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。