breather

英 ['bri?e?] 美['brie?]
  • n. 呼吸者;呼吸的東西;劇烈的運(yùn)動(dòng);短時(shí)間的休息

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?breathers;

英文詞源


breather (n.)
c. 1600, "a living creature, one who breathes," agent noun from breathe. Meaning "spell of exercise to stimulate breathing" is from 1836; that of "a rest to recover breath" is from 1901.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. Relax and take a breather whenever you feel that you need one.
要放松,什么時(shí)候覺(jué)得需要休息就休息一下。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. Let's take a breather before we go on.
喘口氣再干.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. The fresh - air inlet was usually the crankcase breather cap.
新鮮空氣進(jìn)口一般是曲軸箱通氣蓋.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. Let's have / take a breather for a few minutes.
讓我們休息幾分鐘.

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. It was midnight before Xiangzi , who had been on the go non - stop , could take a breather.
一直轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)到十二點(diǎn), 祥子才找到嘆口氣的工夫.

來(lái)自漢英文學(xué) - 駱駝祥子