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单词 wheeze
释义 wheeze
I. \ˈhwēz also ˈwēz\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English whesen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hvæsa to hiss; akin to Old English hwǣst action of blowing, Latin queri to complain, Sanskrit śvasiti he breathes, snorts, sighs
intransitive verb
1. : to breathe with difficulty with a usually audible sibilant or whistling sound
 < went to every doctor and still he coughed and still he wheezed — N.R.Nash >
 < I wheezed asthmatically with my face in the ground — A.R.Matthews >
2. : to make a sound resembling that of wheezing especially while moving
 < the old car jerked and wheezed over the country road >
 < they heard a bullet wheeze about their heads — J.H.Stuart >
transitive verb
: to utter with a sound of wheezing
 < the ancient organ wheezes out its tune >
II. noun
(-s)
1.
 a. : a sibilant whistling sound caused by difficult or obstructed respiration
  < unmoving except for the heavy wheeze of his breath — Herbert Gold >
  < a history of wheeze is … significant in any patient presenting a mass in the chest — Journal American Medical Association >
 b. : a sound similar to a wheeze
  < the ability to diagnose accurately a wheeze under a hood … on the highway — W.C.Oursler >
2.
 a.
  (1) : a stage joke told by a comedian or clown
   < if a wheeze clicks at a matinee and an evening show I leave it in — Success Magazine >
  (2) : such a joke oft repeated and widely known
   < few plays have ever succeeded in gathering … so many of the old familiar wheezesNation >
  (3) : a practical joke : trick
   < thought it was just a wheeze of the purser to turn us all out bright and early — Thomas Wood †1950 >
 b. : a trite saying or proverb
  < the ancient wheeze that Hollywood buys good stories about bad girls and makes them into bad stories about good girls — R.L.Blakesley >
  < the wheeze that in life you get exactly what you give — T.H.Fielding >
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