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  • v.呼吸；透气；呼出；低声说
  • Web深呼吸；吸入；喘气
Simple Present：breathes  Present Participle：breathing  Past Tense：breathed  

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Breathe
v.
空气；呼吸air/breath
1.
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呼吸to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth
He breathed deeply before speaking again.
他深深吸一口气，然后继续说下去。
The air was so cold we could hardly breathe.
空气非常寒冷，我们难以呼吸。
She was beginning to breathe more easily.
她呼吸开始较为顺畅了。
Most people don't realize that they are breathing polluted air.
大多数人没有意识到自己正呼吸着污染了的空气。
2.
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~ sth (+ adv./prep.)
呼出to send air, smoke or a particular smell out of your mouth
He came up close, breathing alcohol fumes all over me.
他走过来靠近我，喷得我满身酒气。
低声说say quietly
3.
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~ sth.+ speech
低声说to say sth quietly
‘I'm over here,’ she breathed.
“我在这儿呢。”她轻声说。
酒of wine
4.
[i]
（打开瓶盖，让酒）通气飘香if you allow wine tobreathe , you open the bottle and let air get in before you drink it
布料；皮肤of cloth/skin
5.
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透气if cloth, leather, skin, etc. canbreathe , air can move around or through it
Cotton clothing allows your skin to breathe.
棉织品能使皮肤透气。
感觉；品质feeling/quality
6.
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~ sth
充满，散发（某种感情或品质）to be full of a particular feeling or quality
Her performance breathed wit and charm.
她的表演灵巧迷人。

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Definition:
AllAll,呼吸呼吸,透气透气,呼出呼出,低声说低声说,深呼吸深呼吸,吸入吸入,喘气喘气
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1.
As I've lived long enough to know that, other than telling her to slow down and breathe, there's no logical advice to give.
这么多年的经历使我明白，除了让她平静下来，深呼吸以外，并没有什么合理的建议。
zhè me duō nián de jīng lì shǐ wǒ míng bái , chú le ràng tā píng jìng xià lái , shēn hū xī yǐ wài , bìng méi yǒu shén me hé lǐ de jiàn yì 。
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2.
But when the dark does come, I'll stand up and breathe deeply, knowing I'm becoming the person I'm supposed to be.
但当低潮真正来临时，我会站起来，深呼吸，知道我将成为我应该成为的那个人。
dàn dāng dī cháo zhēn zhèng lái lín shí , wǒ huì zhàn qǐ lái , shēn hū xī , zhī dào wǒ jiāng chéng wéi wǒ yīng gāi chéng wéi de nà ge rén 。
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3.
"Breathe with it" , she whispered sharply, but there was no response from the Elf.
“叫出来”，她急忙耳语道，但没有从精灵那里得到任何回复。
" jiào chū lái " , tā jí máng ěr yǔ dào , dàn méi yǒu cóng jīng líng nà li dé dào rèn hé huí fù 。
blog.sina.com.cn
4.
In most developed countries (with a few exceptions, such as Australia and Canada) governments are trying to breathe life into property.
大多数发达国家（少数例外如澳大利亚、加拿大）的政府在试图给房地产业注入活力。
dà duō shù fā dá guó jiā ( shǎo shù lì wài rú ào dà lì yà 、 jiā ná dà ) de zhèng fǔ zài shì tú gěi fáng dì chǎn yè zhù rù huó lì 。
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5.
It has to be maintained at an altitude where the thin air makes it a struggle for humans to breathe.
TeliaSonera还必须在空气稀薄得令人难以呼吸的高度对它进行维护。
TeliaSonera hái bì xū zài kōng qì xī bó de lìng rén nán yǐ hū xī de gāo dù duì tā jìn xíng wéi hù 。
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6.
Caressing wind, Wending through darkness This spring night, For a while at least, Breathe not against that virgin's hair.
微风轻拂穿过黑暗在这样的春夜暂且不要抚弄那处子的头发。
wēi fēng qīng fú chuān guò hēi àn zài zhè yàng de chūn yè zàn qiě bú yào fǔ nòng nà chǔ zǐ de tóu fà 。
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7.
The roaring in her ears increased. Her chest muscles jerked, trying to breathe. There wasn't much more time.
她的耳鸣增强。她一试图呼吸她的胸肌便抽蓄不止。时间不能多耽搁了。
tā de ěr míng zēng qiáng 。 tā yī shì tú hū xī tā de xiōng jī biàn chōu xù bù zhǐ 。 shí jiān bù néng duō dān ge le 。
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Feel like the extraction of 800 smiling. Do not breathe on smiling. Happy from the bottom of the pubes . Laugh, to be heavy.
感觉象提取了800个笑眯眯。喘不上笑了。发自丹田的惬意。笑，满天要。
gǎn jué xiàng tí qǔ le bā bǎi gè xiào mī mī 。 chuǎn bù shàng xiào le 。 fā zì dān tián de qiè yì 。 xiào , mǎn tiān yào 。
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You need only to breathe in and out to see that those you love are still alive around you, and you can be very, very happy.
你只需要吸气和呼气就能看到，你爱的人仍然活在你身边，你就能非常非常幸福了。
nǐ zhǐ xū yào xī qì hé hū qì jiù néng kàn dào , nǐ ài de rén réng rán huó zài nǐ shēn biān , nǐ jiù néng fēi cháng fēi cháng xìng fú le 。
chinesesggirl.blog.163.com
10.
Diego died, unable to breathe, and Lamptey and his wife Gloria later lost another child, Lisa, also at four months to the same lung disease.
但迭戈还是死了，他无法呼吸。兰普提和妻子格洛里亚（Gloria）后来又有一个孩子夭折，丽莎（Lisa），也是四个月大，同样的肺病。
dàn dié gē hái shì sǐ le , tā wú fǎ hū xī 。 lán pǔ tí hé qī zi gé luò lǐ yà ( Gloria ) hòu lái yòu yǒu yī gè hái zi yāo zhé , lì shā ( Lisa ) , yě shì sì gè yuè dà , tóng yàng de fèi bìng 。
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