breath-catching

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Inspiring awe or deep admiration; impressive.
    — The theory was breath-catching, but quickly fell apart when the accountant could give no account of what Sibyl might have done with Theresa's body.
  2. Extremely frightening or overwhelming.
    — To cap the feat, their leader made a breath-catching descent by what mountain men call a rappel, riding down a rope almost 400 feet.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breath, catching.

词形变化

more breath-catching comparative most breath-catching superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
breath-catchingly
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