词组 | breath |
释义 | 1. 泛指“呼吸”时,常为不可数名词,前面一般不用冠词: He is out of breath. He is short of breath. as long as he had breath. pausing for breath draw breath 2. 具体指“一次呼吸”,可用冠词或复数形式: take a deep breath take quick shallow breaths breeze,gust,gale 3 词均指“风”。 1. breeze 指“微风”: A gentle breeze was blowing. 2. gust 是“阵风”: A gust of wind blew her hat off. 3. gale 是“非常强烈的风”: The ship lost its masts in the gale. 4. 3 词都有喻义,它们各自所包含的 “强度”也与原义相仿: Learning to drive is a breeze. a gust of anger from the crowd gales of laughter from the audi- ence 5. breeze 有时为不可数名词: There's not much breeze outside. |
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