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单词 breathless
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breathless

adjective
/ˈbreθləs/
/ˈbreθləs/
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  1. having difficulty in breathing; making it difficult for somebody to breathe
    • He arrived breathless at the top of the stairs.
    • They maintained a breathless (= very fast) pace for half an hour.
    • The dance left her feeling breathless and weak.
    Extra Examples
    • He felt quite breathless.
    • He sounded rather breathless.
    • The unaccustomed exercise left him breathless.
    • We had to stop, breathless from exertion.
    Topics Illnessc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • with
    • from
    See full entry
  2. (formal) experiencing, or making somebody experience, a strong emotional reaction
    • the breathless excitement of seeing each other again
    • breathless with something breathless with terror
    • The children peered through the open door, breathless with excitement.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
    preposition
    • with
    • from
    See full entry
  3. (formal) with no air or wind
    • the breathless heat of a summer afternoon
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