breathing

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈbɹiːðɪŋ/    /ˈbɹiðɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. verbal noun of breathe: (uncountable) The act of respiration; (countable) a single instance of this. countable,form-of,noun-from-verb,uncountable
    — […] their breathings, cryings, and excretings would have been damaged […]
  2. A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof. countable,uncountable
  3. Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — DON PEDRO. Count Claudio, when mean you to go to church? / CLAUDIO. To-morrow, my lord. Time goes on crutches till love have all his rites. / LEONATO. Not till Monday, my dear son, which is hence a just seven-night; and a time too brief too, to have all things answer my mind. / DON PEDRO. Come, you shake the head at so long a breathing; but, I warrant thee, Claudio, the time shall not go dully by us.
  4. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration. countable,uncountable
    — the breathings of the Holy Spirit
  5. Aspiration; secret prayer. countable,uncountable
    — Let us then begin Heaven here, in the Frame and Temper of our Minds, in our heavenly Affections and Converſation; in a due Prepation for, and in earneſt Deſires and Breathings after that bleſſed State vvhich vve firmly believe and aſſuredly hope to be one day poſſeſſed of: […]
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of breathe form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Having life; living; alive. not-comparable
    — Elantris is quite an exceptional read, a wonderfully rich world of living breathing characters, great plot, and some very original ideas.

词形变化

breathings plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Middle English breethder.
Middle English brethen
English breathe
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English breathing
From breathe + -ing.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Middle English breethder.
Middle English brethen
English breathe
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English breathing
From breathe + -ing.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Middle English breethder.
Middle English brethen
English breathe
Proto-Germanic *-ungō
Old English -ung
Middle English -ynge
English -ing
English breathing
From breathe + -ing.
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