breathe

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T/V-I When people or animals breathe, they take air into their lungs and let it out again. When they breathe smoke or a particular kind of air, they take it into their lungs and let it out again as they breathe. 呼吸
He stood there breathing deeply and evenly. 他站在那裡深深地、均勻地呼吸。
No American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air. 任何美國人都不應(yīng)非得開車出城去呼吸清潔的空氣。
2. breathingN-UNCOUNT 呼吸
Her breathing became slow and heavy. 她的呼吸變得緩慢而沉重。
3. to be breathing down someone's neck→see neck
4. to breathe a sigh of relief→see sigh

When you breathe out, you expel air from your lungs .
The atmosphere in the room was so stuffy I could hardly breathe.
The firefighters wore respirators to help them breathe in the smoke-filled house .
The doctors are doing all that they can, but she's still not breathing properly .
I breathed in the crisp mountain air deeply .