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breathless

/breth-lis/US // ˈbrɛθ lɪs //UK // (ˈbrɛθlɪs) //

气喘吁吁,气喘吁吁的,喘不过气来,喘不过气来的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
    • : with the breath held, as in suspense, astonishment, fear, or the like: breathless listeners of the mystery story.
    • : causing loss of breath, as from excitement, anticipation, or tension: a breathless ride.
    • : dead; lifeless.
    • : motionless or still, as air without a breeze: a breathless summer day.

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Examples

  • The page on soup alone contains over 70,000 words from primary sources, cataloged in breathless detail.

  • The sudden acknowledgement that a person you once loved doesn’t exist anymore can knock the wind out of you, and Dunne captures that breathless free fall beautifully.

  • It leaves the reader breathless, a deliberate choice by this onetime copy editor, who wants to rush through these excruciating episodes yet convey in lyrical fashion what he feels.

  • You might think that Beijing would be desperate to get a break from this breathless aggression.

  • Although he and Bonet divorced in 1993, social media erupted with breathless praise for this glorious vision of a blended family and wild speculation about the magic of Bonet.

  • Suddenly, you are crying, breathless, raging, and on quieter days just going through the motions.

  • Whether it's breathless coverage of the New Black Panthers, or reports of vote buying in Mississippi, recent examples abound.

  • At his shows, I remember there being a hushed, breathless anticipation as we waited to see which song Smith would play next.

  • The community in which you were raised does not gather around the television set every four years for a solid, breathless month.

  • After a breathless waiting period in which the infected were quarantined, none of the six fell ill.

  • Again he stopped, but I made no comment, only waited with breathless interest till he went on.

  • Phœbe Chiffinch, breathless, is holding Alice Arden's wrist with a firm grasp.

  • Walter Fetherston was a writer of breathless mystery—but he was the essence of mystery himself.

  • In the privacy of Lawrence's room, Carl told his story—a story that Lawrence listened to breathless attention.

  • Light gleamed on the staircase, and breathless voices were wafted up to the two men.