Breath
the air that you take into your lungs and send out again呼吸的空气,气息 [名词]
1. Lets go out for a breath of fresh air.
我们出去吸口新鲜空气吧。
2. He caught his breath in surprise.
他惊奇地屏住了呼吸。
3. You can see peoples breath on a cold day.
冷天能看到人们呼出的空气。
4. Only in the countryside can we have a breath of fresh air.
只有在郊野我们才能呼吸到新鲜的空气。
Breathe
to take air into your lungs and send it out again through your nose or mouth呼吸 [动词]
1. I like to breathe the fresh air in suburban places.
我喜欢在郊外呼吸新鲜空气。
2. Fish cannot breathe without water.
鱼离开水就不能呼吸。
3. I feel as if it is hard to breathe.
我感到好像呼吸困难。
4. To breathe the fresh air will do your lungs good.
呼吸新鲜空气对你的肺是有好处的。
【注意】
breath和breathe都表示呼吸的意思,但是词性不同。breath是名词,breathe是动词。
(1)The doctor asked me to take a deep breath.
(2)The doctor asked me to breathe deeply.