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breathy

/breth-ee/US // ˈbrɛθ i //UK // (ˈbrɛθɪ) //

喘息,喘气,喘息的,喘气的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    breath·i·er, breath·i·est.

    • : characterized by audible or excessive emission of breath.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inhoarse

Examples

  • She knows when to belt, when to hold back and when to go for a breathy note.

  • On the show, she was the epitome of Marilyn Monroe hotness, but subbed loud belches for breathy coos—and then laughed about it.

  • A healthy majority of these posts are the angsty exaggerations of teenagers and breathy recitations of the latest pop trends.

  • Helen cultivated a low and seductively breathy voice and gushed with compliments to win people to her wishes.

  • Her voice is breathy and soft; her moves subtle and seductive.

  • In other news, Katherine Jenkins is trending on Twitter after her Jubilicious and breathy performance singing God save the Queen.

  • It was empty, and as he came slowly back and stood looking down into her face a low, breathy chuckle sounded in his ear.

  • "You seem to know a great deal about his love-making," she said at last, with the breathy calm of controlled temper.

  • "Come away with yuh, Mary Cregan," Mrs. Byrne cried, in her breathy huskiness.

  • "I don't really know why she's idling like that," Sarah Brown heard him say in his breathy pathetic voice.

  • His voice was rather higher than Malone would have expected, oddly breathy without much depth to it.