breathe
不及物动词呼吸; 活着，生存; 小憩一会儿，歇歇气; 散发香气
及物动词呼吸; 吸进（如香气）; 尤指平静地吐露，低语; 使…明显的，暗示
及物动词
1. His poems breathe sentimentality.
他的诗歌流露多愁善感的情调。
2. She breathed new life into the party.
她为党注入了新的生命。
3. All mammals breathe air.
哺乳类动物全都呼吸空气。
不及物动词
1. When we breathe, we draw air into our lungs.
当我们吸气时，把空气吸入肺里。
2. The animal was still breathing, so we knew it was still alive.
那头动物仍在呼吸，所以我们知道它还活着。
3. breathe的解释
3. The doctor told him to breathe in deeply and then breathe out.
医生叫他先深深吸一口气，然后再把气吐出来。
在医院
A：What’s wrong with you? You look pale.
你有什么不舒服吗？你看起来很苍白。
B：I’m not sure, I feel hot and cold.
我不确定，我感觉一阵冷一阵热。
A：When did the trouble start?
什么时候开始不舒服的？
B：I was sick most of the night.
我大半夜都难受。
A：It sounds like you are coming down with the flu. Let me take your temperature.
听起来你好像得了流行感冒。让我量量你的体温。
B：Have I got a high fever?
我发烧吗？
A：Yes, thirty-eight point seven. Do you have a headache, chest or throat pain?
是的。38.7 度。你头痛吗？ 胸和嗓子痛吗？
B：Yes, I have.
是的，痛。
A：Now, let me have a look at you. I’d like to listen to your chest. Now breathe in, a deep breath, that’s it. Cough, now again. I want to examine your throut, too. Open wide, say “ah--”.
来，让我瞧瞧你。 想听听你的胸部，现在往里吸气，深深地吸一口气，对了。咳嗽一下，再咳一次。我还想再查查你的喉咙，把嘴张开，说“啊——”
B：Aaaaahh, aaaaahh.
啊——啊——啊——啊。
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A：Yes, it does look a bit sore. Let’s take an X-ray of your chest and give you a few tests.
是的，确实有些炎症。好吧，我们来透视一下你的肺，再做些化验。
B：All right, thanks.
好，谢谢。
A：The tests showed nothing wrong. A slight viral infection.
化验结果没有问题，有点轻度病毒感染。
B：What shall I do today?
那我该怎么办？
A：I’m giving you some antibiotics and aspirins. Take an aspirin when you’ve got a fever, and take one antibiotics capsule every four hours, and go home and rest in bed for two days. Drink plenty of water, then you’ll feel better. Here’s the prescription.
我给你开一些抗生素和阿司匹林。发烧时吃一片阿司匹林，每四个小时吃一粒抗生素胶囊。回家卧床休息两天。多喝开水，就会好的。这是处方。
B：Thank you, doctor. Good-bye.
谢谢你，大夫。再见。
Dance
A：Do you think you could go over that new dance with me again? I missed the last class and don’t want to fall behind.
你可不可以再和我一起复习一下那个新舞蹈？我错过了上节课，但不想落下。
B：Sure. Let’s start with a little stretch. Stand up straight, breathe in, and lift your hands over your head.
可以。让我们先伸展一下。起立站直，吸气，手举过头顶。
A：Like this?
像这样吗？
B：Yes. Now, breathe out and push your hands back down by your sides. Breathe in… and breathe out.Now, bend over and touch your toes. Hold it. Repeat…
是的。现在呼气，把手放回身体俩侧。吸气…再呼气。然后，弯腰触摸脚趾，坚持住，重复…
A：I think I’m warmed up now.
我想我已做好热身活动了。
B：To start then, walk sideways to your right three steps. Jump up. Turn around. Then, walk sideways to your right another three steps. Jump up and turn around. Got it?
现在开始，向自己的右侧走三步，向上跳，转身，然后再向右走三步。向上跳，转身。学会了吗？
A：Yes, but what are we supposed to do with our hands?
学会了。可是我们的手应该怎么做呢？
B：Keep them by your side. When we jump up, shake them in front of you.
把手保持在身体的俩侧，当你向上跳时向你的前方挥手。
A：That’s pretty easy. What’s next?
这太简单了。接下来做什么？
B：We do that three times. Then, lift your left leg up to your right hand three times. Jump. Lift your right leg up to your left arm three times. Jump.
我们做三遍这个动作，然后抬起左脚去够你的右手三次。跳，抬起右腿去够左臂三次。跳。
A：Is this right?
是这样吗？
B：Yes, just make sure that you keep your back straight.
对。注意保持你的背部挺直。
A：How many times do we repeat this?
我们重复做几遍？
B：Three times as well. Then we do the first set again.
也做三遍。然后我们再做第一套。
A：Ok, I think I’ve got it. Thanks, Moira!
好吧，我想我会了。谢谢你，莫伊拉。
B：Not a problem.
不客气。
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2. 吸入,呼吸：breath 呼吸,气息 | breathe 吸入,呼吸 | brick 砖,砖状物
1. 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.
e.g. He stood there breathing deeply and evenly...
他站在那儿均匀地深呼吸。
e.g. Always breathe through your nose...
要一直用鼻子呼吸。
2. 轻声说出
If someone breathes something, they say it very quietly.
e.g. ''You don''t understand,'' he breathed.
“你不明白。”他低声说道。
3. 吐露；说出
If you do not breathe a word about something, you say nothing about it, because it is a secret.
e.g. He never breathed a word about our conversation.
关于我们的谈话他只字未提。
4. 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.
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e.g. 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. （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.
e.g. 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
to breathe a sigh of relief -> see sigh
verb
1. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
e.g. I can breathe better when the air is clean
The patient is respiring
Synonym: take a breathrespiresuspire
2. expel (gases or odors)
3. reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked
e.g. This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours
4. take a short break from one''s activities in order to relax
Synonym: restcatch one''s breathtake a breather
5. manifest or evince
e.g. She breathes the Christian spirit
6. utter or tell
e.g. not breathe a word
7. impart as if by breathing
e.g. He breathed new life into the old house
8. be alive
e.g. Every creature that breathes
9. allow the passage of air through
e.g. Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear