breathless

Word family  noun breath breather breathing adjective breathless breathy verb breathe adverb breathlessly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++breath·less /ˈbreθləs/ adjective  1  BREATHEhaving difficulty breathing, especially because you are very tired, excited, or frightened 气喘吁吁的，喘不过气来的 The long climb left Jan feeling breathless. 攀爬了那么长时间，简感到喘不过气来。breathless with They waited, breathless with anticipation. 他们屏息以待。2  written excited 激动的 His first novel drew breathless superlatives from critics. 他的第一部小说赢得书评家的高度赞誉。3. at (a) breathless pace/speed extremely fast 以惊人的速度4  UNPLEASANT literary unpleasantly hot, with no fresh air or wind 闷热无风的，令人透不过气的 the breathless heat of a midsummer night in Rome 罗马仲夏夜令人窒息的暑气 —breathlessly adverb —breathlessness noun [uncountable]

Examples from the Corpus

breathless• Walking up ten flights of stairs left him breathless.• In spite of the fact that he was stationary, Mungo felt breathless.• Speed puts some people to sleep; others it makes breathless.• The fight had left him breathless.• He was breathless and moving at high speed, but there was nothing agitated or uncontrolled about him.• She halted, left a trifle breathless as usual by the sight of him in a dress suit.• a breathless August night• It is also written in a kind of breathless journalese that makes one's nerves stand on end.• Indeed, Moffett worked at a breathless pace to ensure that those issues were addressed before the annual meeting took place.• They left me breathless, staggering, laughing to myself.

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breathless
breath‧less /ˈbreθləs/ adjective1. having difficulty breathing, especially because you are very tired, excited, or frightened:
    The long climb left Jan feeling breathless.
    breathless with
    They waited, breathless with anticipation.
2. written excited:
    His first novel drew breathless superlatives from critics.
3. at (a) breathless pace/speed extremely fast
4. literary unpleasantly hot, with no fresh air or wind:
    the breathless heat of a midsummer night in Rome
—breathlessly adverb
—breathlessness noun [uncountable]

breath·lessBrE /ˈbreθləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbreθləs/ 🔊 adjectivehaving difficulty in breathing; making it difficult for sb to breathe （使）气喘吁吁的，上气不接下气的◆He arrived breathless at the top of the stairs. 他爬上楼梯顶时气喘吁吁的。🔊🔊◆They maintained a breathless (= very fast) pace for half an hour. 他们疾走了半小时。🔊🔊(formal) experiencing, or making sb experience, a strong emotional reaction （使人）屏息的，目瞪口呆的◆the breathless excitement of seeing each other again再次相见时无比的兴奋◆~ with sth breathless with terror吓得目瞪口呆(formal) with no air or wind 令人窒息的；无风的◆the breathless heat of a summer afternoon夏日午后的闷热▸ breath·less·ly BrE /ˈbreθləsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbreθləsli/ 🔊 adverb▸ breath·less·ness BrE /ˈbreθləsnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbreθləsnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]