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单词 under-breathing
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under-breathingadj.

Brit. /ˈʌndəˌbriːðɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌbriðɪŋ/
Etymology: In the earlier Wycliffite version of 2 Macc. vii. 5 vndir-brethinge is used to render Latin spirantem ; the translator probably read suspirantem (compare under- prefix1 1a).
(under- prefix1 2a(a). Cf. underbreath n., adj., and adv. 2.)
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > whispering
roundingeOE
tittling1565
whistering1586
whispering1600
under-breathing1768
stage-whispering1883
1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality (Dublin ed.) III. xvi. 137 A kind of underbreathing Bustle, and whispering Commotion.
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