| 单词 | breathless |
| 释义 | breathless (breθləs ) 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited. I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast. We were breathless with anticipation. Synonyms: excited, anxious, curious, eager breathlessly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective] 'I'll go in,' he said breathlessly. breathlessness uncountable noun Asthma causes wheezing and breathlessness. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use breathless for emphasis when you are describing feelings of excitement or exciting situations. [emphasis] Technology has advanced at a breathless pace. ...the breathless excitement of early 1988, when hundreds and thousands of citizens gathered nightly for political meetings. breathlessly adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective] Nancy waited breathlessly for him to go on. Collocations: breathless pace Together they must peel away layers of deception in their search for a way out of a story that rips along at a breathless pace. The Sun Yet they could not sustain the breathless pace of that pressing game and crumbled under the relentless pressure right at the death. The Sun The breathless pace accelerates as the film progresses, presumably to try to prevent the audience from peering into the plot holes as they whizz past. Times, Sunday Times The live music and the movement maintain a fiendishly breathless pace. Times, Sunday Times The match unfolded at a breathless pace. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 上气不接下气的 Japanese: 息を切らした |
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