| 单词 | short-winded |
| 释义 | short-winded (once / 76749 pages) adj WORD FAMILY short-winded USAGE EXAMPLESThe crowd certainly liked Michelle Obama, whom an unusually short-winded Bill Clinton accurately introduced as “the finest surrogate, supporter that any candidate has ever had.” Slate(Nov 08, 2016) “I never had any trouble with my heart. Just a little short-winded when I climb the stairs.” John Steinbeck, East of Eden(1952) “I forgot my keys at home,” she pants, irritable and short-winded. “Let me in, these bags are heavy.” Salon(Aug 18, 2015) adj breathing laboriously or convulsively Syn blown, pursy, winded breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty |
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