单词 | lose one's breath |
释义 | > as lemmasto lose (one's) breath b. The power or ability to be able to breathe well or easily; free or easy breathing. Frequently in expressions relating to losing or regaining the ability to breathe easily, as in to lose (one's) breath, to get one's breath (back), etc.See also in breath, out of breath at Phrases 6, to catch one's breath at catch v. Phrases 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [noun] > power of windc1330 breatha1450 breathing1580 a1450 Bk. Hawking (Rawl.) f. 315v, in Middle Eng. Dict. at Tene An hawke þat trauelyth vp on þe tayn..wyll pant more for on batyng þan an oþer doth for iiij, & yf she sholde flee a lytill whyle almost she wolde lose hir breþe. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet v. ii. 218 The King shall drinke to Hamlets better breath . View more context for this quotation 1788 Lady's Mag. Jan. 46/1 Aghast Elflida..scarce kept breath. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 10 Two dogs..Unmatched for courage, breath, and speed. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 169 At last he got his breath and answer'd. 1906 Clinical Jrnl. 14 Feb. 282/1 He came in on August 13th..with a history of having been lately short of breath. 2019 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 2 June (Rally section) d9 My heart dropped. I lost my breath for a second. to lose one's breath b. with object a limb, a faculty, one's life, etc. to lose one's head: see head n.1 Phrases 4j. to lose heart: to become discouraged. to lose one's heart: see heart n. 10a. †to lose one's breath: to die. to lose one's legs (slang): to get drunk. to lose one's nerve (nerve n. 14): to become scared, uneasy. to lose sleep over (or about, for), etc., something): to worry about (something) (usually in negative contexts). ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (intransitive)] forsweltc888 sweltc888 adeadeOE deadc950 wendeOE i-wite971 starveOE witea1000 forfereOE forthfareOE forworthc1000 to go (also depart , pass, i-wite, chare) out of this worldOE queleOE fallOE to take (also nim, underfo) (the) deathOE to shed (one's own) blood?a1100 diec1135 endc1175 farec1175 to give up the ghostc1175 letc1200 aswelta1250 leavea1250 to-sweltc1275 to-worthc1275 to yield (up) the ghost (soul, breath, life, spirit)c1290 finea1300 spilla1300 part?1316 to leese one's life-daysa1325 to nim the way of deathc1325 to tine, leave, lose the sweatc1330 flit1340 trance1340 determinec1374 disperisha1382 to go the way of all the eartha1382 to be gathered to one's fathers1382 miscarryc1387 shut1390 goa1393 to die upa1400 expirea1400 fleea1400 to pass awaya1400 to seek out of lifea1400–50 to sye hethena1400 tinea1400 trespass14.. espirec1430 to end one's days?a1439 decease1439 to go away?a1450 ungoc1450 unlivec1450 to change one's lifea1470 vade1495 depart1501 to pay one's debt to (also the debt of) naturea1513 to decease this world1515 to go over?1520 jet1530 vade1530 to go westa1532 to pick over the perch1532 galpa1535 to die the death1535 to depart to God1548 to go home1561 mort1568 inlaikc1575 shuffle1576 finish1578 to hop (also tip, pitch over, drop off, etc.) the perch1587 relent1587 unbreathe1589 transpass1592 to lose one's breath1596 to make a die (of it)1611 to go offa1616 fail1623 to go out1635 to peak over the percha1641 exita1652 drop1654 to knock offa1657 to kick upa1658 to pay nature her due1657 ghost1666 to march off1693 to die off1697 pike1697 to drop off1699 tip (over) the perch1699 to pass (also go, be called, etc.) to one's reward1703 sink1718 vent1718 to launch into eternity1719 to join the majority1721 demise1727 to pack off1735 to slip one's cable1751 turf1763 to move off1764 to pop off the hooks1764 to hop off1797 to pass on1805 to go to glory1814 sough1816 to hand in one's accounts1817 to slip one's breatha1819 croak1819 to slip one's wind1819 stiffen1820 weed1824 buy1825 to drop short1826 to fall (a) prey (also victim, sacrifice) to1839 to get one's (also the) call1839 to drop (etc.) off the hooks1840 to unreeve one's lifeline1840 to step out1844 to cash, pass or send in one's checks1845 to hand in one's checks1845 to go off the handle1848 to go under1848 succumb1849 to turn one's toes up1851 to peg out1852 walk1858 snuff1864 to go or be up the flume1865 to pass outc1867 to cash in one's chips1870 to go (also pass over) to the majority1883 to cash in1884 to cop it1884 snuff1885 to belly up1886 perch1886 to kick the bucket1889 off1890 to knock over1892 to pass over1897 to stop one1901 to pass in1904 to hand in one's marble1911 the silver cord is loosed1911 pip1913 to cross over1915 conk1917 to check out1921 to kick off1921 to pack up1925 to step off1926 to take the ferry1928 peg1931 to meet one's Maker1933 to kiss off1935 to crease it1959 zonk1968 cark1977 to cark it1979 to take a dirt nap1981 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > despair [verb (intransitive)] > lose heart to lose heart1544 despond1655 to lose heart1741 demoralize1838 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > get drunk drunkenc1000 to wash one's face in an ale clout1550 to shoe the goose, gosling1566 to catch, hunt the fox1599 to swallow a tavern-token1601 to read Geneva print1608 to whip the cat1622 inebriate1626 to hunt a tavern-fox1635 fox1649 mug1653 to fuddle one's cap or nose1663 to lose one's legs1770 gin1789 stone1858 to beer up1884 slop1899 to get, have, tie a bun on1901 shicker1906 souse1921 lush1926 to cop a reeler1937 to tie one on1951 the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > be nervous or uneasy [verb (intransitive)] > lose one's nerve to lose one's nerve1912 bug1952 to lose one's bottle1958 bottle1977 to bottle it1988 the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > be nervous or uneasy (about) [verb (transitive)] > worry about something to lose sleep over (or about, for)1942 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12935 Hire lif heo losede sone. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 586 If he has losed the lysten. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 143 Sir Arthure loste so muche bloode that hit was mervayle he stoode on his feete. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 315 Makynge a statute that whosoever toke a beste þer scholde lose oon eie. 15.. in Lett. Royal & Illustrious Ladies (1846) II. 4 She was like to have lost her mind. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 429/2 I am spechelesse, as a sycke body is that hath lost the use of his speche. 1596 B. Griffin Fidessa vi. sig. B3v Oh better were I loose ten thousand breaths, Then euer liue in such vnseene disgrace. 1597 F. Bacon Of Coulers Good & Euill (Arb.) 152 As to a monoculos it is more to loose one eye, then to a man that hath two eyes. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 914 Though sight be lost, Life yet hath many solaces. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 60. ¶4 In a little Time after he lost his Senses. 1741 J. Ozell tr. P. de B. de Brantôme Spanish Rhodomontades 186 As soon as They were dead, every one lost Heart, having lost their Chief Supports. 1749 G. Lavington Enthusiasm Methodists & Papists: Pt. II 46 A religious Nun devoted to St. Xavier, famed for Skill in Music and a fine Voice, had her Voice lost by a Hoarsness for ten Years. 1770 Gentleman's Mag. Dec. 560 To express the Condition of an Honest Fellow and no Flincher under the Effects of Good Fellowship, he is said to..[have] Lost his legs. 1804 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 193 She..rode to Southampton, where she lost some blood. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvii. 117 She acquired an influence over the mind of the destitute child that she never lost. 1912 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 739/1 There's nothing here to lose one's nerve about. 1934 G. B. Shaw Too True to be Good iii. 86 When I was wounded and lost my nerve for flying, I became an army chaplain. 1942 H. C. Bailey Dead Man's Shoes iv. 19 ‘I'd like to know why you didn't tell me.’ ‘You told me not to lose any sleep over it.’ 1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ii. 41 ‘I wasn't losing any sleep for them.’.. ‘Those two have been at this for years.’ 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 241 It's not the sort of thing I lose sleep over. 1959 M. Pugh Chancer vii. 91 As two-faced as a cod, a proper chancer. He was a born assassin who lost his nerve. 1967 J. Porter Dover & Unkindest Cut x. 109 Dover hadn't lost any sleep over them... ‘You can't win 'em all,’ he used to say. 1971 Guardian 10 July 9/1 Stolid and conservative Midwesterners..never lost much sleep over the Negroes' troubles. 1974 Guardian 18 Mar. 6/5 Although increasing restrictions on immigration..had been criticised..it is doubtful whether the immigrants themselves have lost much sleep over them. 1975 Times 24 Feb. 14/7 You just have to get straight back on, or else you lose your nerve. The others are far more concerned with the loose horse than the girl lying face down in the dirt. < as lemmas |
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