breathed

1. VERB 呼吸；吸；呼
   When people or animals breathe, they take air into their lungs and let it out again. When they breathe smoke or a particular kind of air, they take it into their lungs and let it out again as they breathe.
   1. He stood there breathing deeply and evenly...
      他站在那儿均匀地深呼吸。
   2. Always breathe through your nose...
      要一直用鼻子呼吸。
   3. No American should have to drive out of town to breathe clean air...
      所有美国人都不必开车到城外去呼吸洁净的空气。
   4. A thirteen year old girl is being treated after breathing in smoke.
      一名13岁的小姑娘因吸入浓烟正在接受治疗。
2. VERB 轻声说出
   If someone breathes something, they say it very quietly.
   1. 'You don't understand,' he breathed.
      “你不明白。”他低声说道。
3. VERB 吐露；说出
   If you do not breathe a word about something, you say nothing about it, because it is a secret.
   1. He never breathed a word about our conversation.
      关于我们的谈话他只字未提。
4. VERB 将（生气、信心或兴奋）注入；为…带来
   If someone breathes life, confidence, or excitement into something, they improve it by adding this quality.
   1. It is the readers who breathe life into a newspaper with their letters.
      是读者通过来信给报纸带来了生气。
5. VERB （酒）通气透香
   If you let wine breathe, you open the bottle to allow the air to get in and improve its flavour before you drink it.
   1. Red wines should be allowed to 'breathe' if possible before drinking.
      如果可能的话，在饮用红酒前应该先开瓶透透气。
6. 咽气；断气；死去
   When someone breathes their last, they die.
7. to be breathing down someone's neck → see: neck

1. 'You don't understand,' he breathed.
   “你不明白。”他低声说道。
2. He never breathed a word about our conversation.
   关于我们的谈话他只字未提。
3. She breathed in deeply.
   她深深地吸了口气。
4. He has lived and breathed polo since he was seven.
   他从7岁开始就一直热衷于马球。
5. The soft wind breathed their names to the newborn grass
   轻风把他们的名字吹向刚刚长出的小草。
6. I breathed a sigh of relief
   我如释重负地松了口气。
7. She breathed deeply, savouring the silence.
   她深深地吸了口气，细细品味着这宁静。
8. She breathed in to steady her voice.
   她吸了一口气，好使自己的声音平静下来。
9. He breathed out a stream of cigarette smoke
   他吐出一缕烟。
10. Once again I breathed as a free man.
    我又能像个自由人一样呼吸了。
11. The sick man breathed his last at ten o'clock this morning.
    这个病人是今天上午10点断气的。
12. He breathed deeply and expanded his chest.
    他边深呼吸边扩胸。
13. He breathed out wine fumes.
    他呼出的气有酒味。
14. He breathed words of love into her ear.
    他轻声在她耳畔倾吐爱恋之言。
15. His enthusiasm breathed new life into the department.
    他的热情给这个部门注入了新的生命。
16. The firm was about to fail when a new director was appointed; he breathed new life into the company and soon it was successful.
    该公司濒临倒闭之时任命了一位新经理；是他给这个公司带来了生气，使它很快兴旺起来。
17. She breathed in every word the professor was saying.
    她专心致志地聆听教授所说的每句话。
18. She breathed her advice softly.
    她低声作劝告。
19. She breathed new life into the party.
    她给晚会带来了生气。
20. The old woman took off her spectacles, breathed on them, and rubbed them with a corner of her apron.
    老太太取下眼镜，对着镜片哈气，然后用围裙角擦了起来。
21. If men breathed in the fine paint spray, their lungs would be damaged.
    如果人们吸入这种细微的漆雾，他们的肺部就会受到损伤。
22. The boy breathed on a mirror.
    这男孩对着镜子哈气。
23. Finally midnight arrived, he breathed a sigh of relief and went home.
    终于午夜到了，他如释重负地长舒了一口气回家了。
24. I obeyed: and, in passing, I noticed he breathed as fast as a cat.
    我服从了；在我走过他身边时，我注意到他呼吸快得像只猫一样。
25. We all breathed a sigh of relief when he left.
    他离开的时候我们都松了一口气。
26. Hearing the news, he breathed a sigh of relief. I recognized his voice at once.
    一听到消息，他如释重负地松了口气。我立刻听出了他的口音。
27. Which like thy kisses breathed on me;
    如你的吻对我吐露过的气息；
28. No one was hurt, and we all breathed a sigh of relief.
    没有人受伤，我们都送了一口气。
29. He breathed in deeply to relax.
    他做了深呼吸来放松自己。
30. But I knew my heart was calming down and I breathed more comfortably.
    但是我知道我的心渐渐地安定了，呼吸也畅快了许多。

adj

1. uttered without voice
   1. could hardly hear her breathed plea, `Help me'
   2. voiceless whispers

   Synonym:    voiceless