| 单词 | breath-activated |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreath-activated c. As a modifier, with the sense ‘by means of the breath; by the breath; with the breath’, as in breath-activated, breath-stained, etc. ΚΠ 1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. C4 Be secret then, trust not the open aire, For aire is breath, and breath-blown words raise care. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. vi. 32 His eyes look like breath-stained glass! 1827 T. Hood Hero & Leander xxxviii, in Plea Midsummer Fairies & Other Poems 81 A breath-blown dart Shot sudden from an Indian's hollow cane. 1872 Appleton's Jrnl. 9 Mar. 234/3 Behind your breath-misted window-pane. 1997 Atlanta (Georgia) Jrnl.-Constit. 21 Sept. 2 c Gustaf..won (by a hair) a race of breath-propelled sailboats. 2007 New Scientist 27 Oct. 61 (advt.) The Easi-Breathe® inhaler..is fast becoming the breath-activated device of choice for asthmatics worldwide. < as lemmas |
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