breathless / ˈbrɛθ lɪs /

💦中学词汇气喘吁吁气喘吁吁的喘不过气来喘不过气来的

breathless 的定义

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

breathless 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

unable to respire normally

adj. 形容词 adjective

astounded

更多breathless例句

  1. The page on soup alone contains over 70,000 words from primary sources, cataloged in breathless detail.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. You might think that Beijing would be desperate to get a break from this breathless aggression.
  5. 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.
  6. Suddenly, you are crying, breathless, raging, and on quieter days just going through the motions.
  7. Whether it's breathless coverage of the New Black Panthers, or reports of vote buying in Mississippi, recent examples abound.
  8. At his shows, I remember there being a hushed, breathless anticipation as we waited to see which song Smith would play next.
  9. The community in which you were raised does not gather around the television set every four years for a solid, breathless month.
  10. After a breathless waiting period in which the infected were quarantined, none of the six fell ill.
  11. Again he stopped, but I made no comment, only waited with breathless interest till he went on.
  12. Phœbe Chiffinch, breathless, is holding Alice Arden's wrist with a firm grasp.
  13. Walter Fetherston was a writer of breathless mystery—but he was the essence of mystery himself.
  14. In the privacy of Lawrence's room, Carl told his story—a story that Lawrence listened to breathless attention.
  15. Light gleamed on the staircase, and breathless voices were wafted up to the two men.