breathlessness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion. uncountable,usually
    — Climbing eight flights of stairs while the elevator is out of service can easily produce some breathlessness in people whose physical fitness is otherwise not noticeably impaired.
  2. Difficult or labored breathing, as a symptom or sign of a medical condition. uncountable,usually
    — Since he'd entered the urgent care center, his breathlessness had only gotten worse, even though he'd been sitting quietly.

词形变化

breathlessnesses plural

词汇关系

相关词
dyspnea

词源

Etymology tree
English breathless
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English breathlessness
From breathless + -ness.
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