| 单词 | to breathe out one's life |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto breathe out one's life (also soul, spirit, etc.) a. transitive. to breathe out one's life (also soul, spirit, etc.): to die, expire. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (transitive)] fetcha1200 to breathe out one's lifea1382 passc1540 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. ii. 12 Whan thei shulde brethen out ther soulis [L. exhalarent animas suas] in the bosum of ther modris. a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. C7 Breath out that life wherein my death was hid. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 331 And striuing with the pangs of death halfe a day, he then breathed out his gastly ghost. 1798 J. Smith Life St. Columba 131 He immediately breathed out his spirit; but still retained the tranquil smile, the brightness and the fresh look of his countenance. 1822 S. Rogers Italy: Pt. 1st i. 10 That dungeon-fortress..Where..Toussaint breathed out his brave and generous spirit. 1944 Bronxville (N.Y.) Review-Press 27 Apr. 4/2 It is no small matter that a man is called from the bosom of his family..perhaps to breathe out his life on some foreign soil. < as lemmas |
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