breathless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
    — In thoughtless and breathless fear I rushed forward to avoid this host of demons, but while flying thus still more frightful and distorted shapes appeared, and I fancied I felt their hands clutching me.
  2. That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
    — By that stage Sevilla were down to 10 men and Jorge Sampaoli, their manager, had been sent to the stands as a breathless encounter started to spiral out of control.
  3. Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
  4. Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
  5. Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.
    — In breathless prose that risks making Dr Pachauri, who will be 70 this year, a laughing stock among the serious, high-minded scientists,

词形变化

more breathless comparative most breathless superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
breathlessly breathlessness

词源

Etymology tree
English breath
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English breathless
From breath + -less.
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