breathe
verb uk/briːð/ us/briːð/
(AIR)
B1 [ I or T ]呼吸
to move air into and out of the lungs
It's so airless in here - I can hardly breathe. 这里太闷了——我几乎不能呼吸。
The instructor told us to breathe in deeply and then breathe out slowly. 教练让我们深吸气，然后缓慢吐气。
I'm sorry if I'm breathing (= blowing out air containing) garlic fumes all over you! 如果我口里的大蒜味儿熏着你了，我很抱歉！
- More examples
- When you breathe out, you expel air from your lungs.
- The atmosphere in the room was so stuffy I could hardly breathe.
- The firefighters wore respirators to help them breathe in the smoke-filled house.
- The doctors are doing all that they can, but she's still not breathing properly.
- I breathed in the crisp mountain air deeply.
(WORDS)
[ I, + speech ] literary低声说
to say something very quietly
"Here they come," he breathed. “他们来了，”他低声说。
(WINE)
[ I ] food & drink specialized（让酒）通气飘香
If you allow wine to breathe, you open the bottle for a short time before you drink from it, in order to improve the wine's flavour.
Idioms
breathe your lastidiom literary 咽气，死
to die
Her eyes fluttered open for a moment and then she breathed her last. 她的眼睛眨动了一会儿，咽下了最后一口气。
breathe down someone's neckidiom disapproving 紧紧盯住…;监视…
to stay close to someone, watching everything that they do
It's awful having a boss who breathes down your neck all the time. 有个时刻盯着你的老板实在令人讨厌。
breathe easieridiom （在困难或危险的事件过后）松了口气
to be able to relax, especially after a difficult or dangerous event
The waves were very big, and we all breathed a little easier when we finally sailed back to shore. 浪头很大，当我们终于回到岸边后，所有人都松了口气。
breathe (new) life into sthidiom 带来起色;注入活力
to bring new ideas and energy to something
We need some new people to breathe life into this project. 我们需要一些新人来给这个项目注入活力。