单词 | breathing place |
释义 | breathing placen. 1. A part of the human body, a plant, or other organism, which enables breathing; esp. a respiratory passage or opening. Now rare.figurative in quot. a1382: the seat of the spirit or soul. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [noun] > opening or place for breathing placea1382 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > family Cervidae (deer) > [noun] > body or parts of > other parts of gargilonc1330 suetc1425 dowsetc1560 breathing place1768 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xx. 27 The lanterne of the Lord the brething place [L. spiraculum] of a man. 1566 W. Painter tr. O. Landi Delectable Demaundes ii. f. 57 There be two holes or breathing places in the nose. 1677 C. Irvine tr. M. Blochwitz Anatomia Sambuci (new ed.) iii. xxii. 128 The oyl closeth the breathing places of the worms. 1768 G. White Let. 12 Mar. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 40 The head of a fallow-deer..furnished with two spiracula, or breathing-places, besides the nostrils. 1882 12th Ann. Rep. Entomol. Soc. Ontario 64 Larva..Of a pale green colour..stigmata, or breathing places, black, encircled with yellow. 1931 H. E. Clepper Deer Probl. Forests Pennsylvania (Commonwealth Pennsylvania Dept. Forests & Waters) 76 The leaves or needles are..light green on the under surface where two white parallel lines of stomata, or breathing places, are located. 1966 E. Caddick Hannah & Peacocks iii. 34 Hannah felt as if her head and face and all her breathing places had suddenly been freed from a thick cotton wool wrapping. 2. A pause or break in a text, piece of music, etc., (sometimes) esp. one in which a breath may be taken; spec. (esp. in early use) a caesura (caesura n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [noun] > pause breathing placea1586 breathing part1644 breaking-off1683 pause1933 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. L2 That Cæsura, or breathing place in the middest of the verse. 1602 T. Campion Obseruations Art Eng. Poesie sig. B3 The naturall breathing place of our English Iambick verse is in the last sillable of the second foote. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 253. 12 This double Motion of the Stone [of Sisyphus] is admirably described in the Numbers of these Verses; As in the four first it is heaved up by several Spondees intermixed with proper Breathing places, and at last trundles down in a continual Line of Dactyls. 1854 J. W. Moore Compl. Encycl. Music 311/2 Franco used..bars; but his bars were for the purpose of indicating breathing places or musical phrases, and not for dividing the music into measures. 1986 G. D'Arezzo in R. Katz & C. Dahlhaus Contemplating Music III. 28 Towards the ends of phrases the notes should always be more widely spaced as they approach the breathing place. 2005 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 28 Oct. 12 I found the first movement of the Ninth Symphony stalwart but with insufficient attention to musical phrasing and to the music's natural breathing places. 3. A place in which to rest and relax; also (and in earliest use) figurative. Later: an open area providing access to exercise and fresh air, such as a park, square, nature reserve, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [noun] > place where one is refreshed recreation1440 breathing place1591 bait-land1725 the world > action or operation > ceasing > temporary cessation of activity or operation > [noun] > rest > place of breathing place1591 repose1621 1591 J. Harington Briefe Apol. Poetrie in tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso sig. ¶viiv It is both delightfull and verie profitable, and an excellent breathing place for the reader. 1612 J. Smith Map of Virginia 38 Tavernes and alehouses in every breathing place. 1764 Monthly Rev. July 37 This is a lucky breathing place for our Biographer, for here he introduces an account of the proceedings of the House of Commons in the great and well known cause of Ashby and White. 1899 Congress. Rec. 26 Jan. 1063/1 I have always opposed putting a building upon any such location; but it is not a breathing place for the city; it is not a park. 2008 Hythe Herald (Nexis) 19 June 3 This is a great opportunity to increase local community interest in Eaton Lands as a breathing place by making it more accessible for walkers and visitors. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1382 |
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