【breathe音标】 英[bri:ð] 美[bri:ð]
【单词释义】 breathe是什么意思：
v. 呼吸；呼出，吐出；吸入；低声说；透气；充满，散发（某种感情或品质）
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] breathes
[单词现在分词] breathing
[单词过去式] breathed
[单词过去分词] breathed
【breathe形近词/近似词】
sheathe vt.将（刀、剑等）插入鞘；包，覆盖
wreathe v.（完全地）笼罩；包围；缭绕；覆盖；将…扎成圈（或环）
【近义词解析】
◇ 呼吸
breathe (v. 呼吸)：普通用词，指用肺等正常呼吸。
exhale ([专八/GRE]v. 呼出，呼气)：指把吸进的空气、烟气等呼出来。
gasp (v. 喘气，喘息；急促呼吸)：指因惊讶、疼痛或震惊而倒吸气，也指因呼吸困难而急促地深呼吸。
gulp ([专八/GRE]v. 大口吸气，喘大气)：因体内缺氧而大口吸气或喘气，也指因害怕、惊讶而倒吸气。
inhale ([专八/GRE]v. 吸入，吸气)：指吸入空气、烟雾、味道等。
pant (v. 气喘，喘息)：指因运动、天气炎热等而呼吸急促。
puff (v. 喘粗气)：指因运动、干重活等而费劲地大口喘气。
【单词例句】
◇ And then the grandmother came out as well, alive but hardly able to breathe.
接着，奶奶也活着出来了，只是有点喘不过气来。
---- Little Red Cap
◇ "Imagine wringing out a wet towel and that's pretty much what you do to your muscles and joints while you are asleep on your stomach. It can also restrict your ability to breathe well while sleeping."
“设想一下拧湿毛巾的过程，你在俯卧时肌肉和关节就在经历这种状态。俯卧还会使你呼吸受限。”
---- The Best Positions in Bed Revealed
◇ Avoid wire hangers at all costs as they can cause indents in clothing and do not leave enough space between garments for them to breathe.
无论如何都不要使用金属衣架，因为它会在衣物上留下凹痕，还会让衣物挤在一起密不透气。
---- How to hang, wash, and care for clothes
◇ The type of fabric you wear has an influence, too. When it’s really hot out, materials that “breathe”—allowing the flow of air through the fabric itself—also work to keep you cool. Cotton and linen are among the most breathable fabrics, so look for clothes made of those substances, as opposed to less permeable synthetics.
衣物的面料也是有影响的。室外十分炎热的时候，可以“呼吸”的面料也能让你感到更凉爽，因为空气可以穿过面料本身。棉和亚麻是最透气的面料，所以多穿这些面料的衣物，少穿透气性差的人造纤维面料。
---- How to keep your body cool
◇ Though you may not pay attention to it unless you're sick, you're always breathing more heavily from one nostril than the other.
除非生病了，否则你可能并不会注意到，你的一个鼻孔总是比另外一个呼吸更费力。
---- Only One Side of Your Nose Gets Blocked at a Time
◇ And for people still needing to suppress a sneeze, experts advise rubbing the nose, breathing heavily through the nose, or rubbing the area above the lip.
对于那些需要憋住喷嚏的人，专家的建议是摩擦鼻子，通过鼻子使劲呼气，或摩擦嘴唇上方区域。
---- Don't hold in a sneeze, It could be the death of you
◇ Tierno says all that gunk becomes "significant" in as little as a week. And unclean bedding still exposes you to materials that can trigger the sniffing and sneezing, since the microbes are so close to your mouth and nose that you're almost forced to breathe them in.
缇艾诺说，在短短一周的时间里，这些污物就会变得“严重”起来。不清洁的床单被罩会让你暴露在这些物质中，从而引发鼻炎和喷嚏，因为微生物离你的嘴和鼻子太近了，你几乎是被迫将它们吸进去。