with bated breath

介词短语
中文释义
英 /wɪð ˈbeɪtɪd ˈbɹɛθ/    美 /wɪð ˈbeɪtɪd ˈbɹɛθ/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. With reduced breath.
    — Shall I bend low, and in a bond-mans key / With bated breath, and whiſpring humbleneſſe, / Say this:
  2. Eagerly; with great anticipation. idiomatic
    — We are waiting with bated breath for the release of the new version.

词形变化

with 'bated breath alternative,common,misspelling with baited breath alternative,common,misspelling

词源

From the verb bate, alteration by aphesis of the verb abate (“to reduce; lessen”). Coined by William Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice, see quotations.
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