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breather

/bree-ther/US // ˈbri ðər //UK // (ˈbriːðə) //

呼吸器,呼吸机,吸气机,吸气器

Related Words

respite喘息,休养生息,暂休,喘息之机lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡break突破,休息,断裂,断recess小憩,休会,休会期间,小息pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a pause, as for breath.
    • : vigorous exercise that causes heavy breathing.
    • : a person who breathes.
    • : a vent in a container or covering, as in a casing for machinery or in a storage tank, to equalize interior and exterior pressure, permit entry of air, escape of fumes, or the like.
    • : a device for providing air from the atmosphere to submerged or otherwise sealed-off persons, internal-combustion engines, etc.: the snorkel breather of a submarine.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡respite喘息,休养生息,暂休,喘息之机break突破,休息,断裂,断pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿recess小憩,休会,休会期间,小息

Examples

  • We catch a breather late Tuesday into Wednesday before another storm approaches from the south.

  • As the trail ebbs away from the Connecticut River, leading me deeper into the snow-packed woods, I take a quick breather at the top of a small hill, and after a moment or two, I can actually hear my heart beating.

  • These barriers suggest containment and isolation, and also provide a breather from the profusion of pictures and items.

  • Right now I’m literally trying to make sure that my team is safe, make sure that the narrative around what’s going on with me is accurate, and take a little bit of a breather when I can.

  • With all the new iPhones officially out in the world, you might expect Apple to take a breather when it comes to announcing products until 2021.

  • The script attempted to recreate the hilarity from the original as Ferris decides that he needs to take another breather.

  • Pleased with the two versions of “San Quentin,” Cash took a breather while Carl Perkins entertained the crowd.

  • He wanted, he added a “fire-breather” to go against Michael Savage.

  • The writers definitely picked the wrong week to give Richard Harrow (Jack Huston) a breather.

  • It's a wonderful breather from the sequestration, Hagel hearings, Iran, taxes, Congress and the like.

  • Cracks at the ball anyhow, was the game for the twenty-five minutes breather before dinner.

  • Pour new oil in through either of the two breather pipes on exhaust side of motor.

  • Orlando says to Jaques: ‘I will chide no breather in the world, but myself, against whom I know most faults.’

  • The atmosphere may be poisonous for an oxygen breather, but taken by itself it's as harmless as weak beer.

  • Said he, 'O breather of music, tell me how I may lay hand on the flower of beauty to bear it forth.'

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