wheezy
/hwee-zee, wee-/US // ˈʰwi zi, ˈwi- //
喘息,气喘吁吁,喘气,气喘吁吁的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
wheez·i·er, wheez·i·est.
- : afflicted with or characterized by wheezing: wheezy breathing.
Examples
He seemed on the verge of running out of breath, nearly wheezy.
The wheezy, crazy mechanism of the car went to bits in unexpected places.
He spoke in a wheezy, solemn monotone, from which all elements of life and joy seemed to have been eliminated.
With a wheezy sputter, it stopped dead, refusing to answer the frantic twists Perry gave the handle-bars.
We sang a lusty hymn together, accompanied on the little, wheezy, dining-room organ.
Among these, two made themselves prominent by their peculiarity: one was a very strong bass, the other a wheezy thin piping.
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