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hyperventilate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hy·per·ven·ti·late /ˌhaɪpəˈventəleɪt $ -pərˈventl-eɪt/ verb [intransitive]  to breathe too quickly or too deeply, so that you get too much oxygen and feel dizzy 换气过度hyperventilation /ˌhaɪpəventəˈleɪʃən $ -pərventlˈeɪ-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
hyperventilateEven now, I can't discuss the seating plan without hyperventilating.It was one less thing to hyperventilate about.This combination of acid-base disturbances may be seen in postoperative patients receiving nasogastric suction who are hyperventilating because of pain and stress.He once tried to fly by hyperventilating himself until he was convinced he was lighter than air.The problem, in those who hyperventilate, is that they have got into the habit of breathing faster all the time.Who at this point remembers a single moment in the Whitewater hearings that transcended hyperventilating partisanship?All these teeming details justify Hoare's hyperventilating sentences.
hy·per·ven·ti·late verbChineseSyllable
to quickly too too or Corpus so breathe deeply,


hyperventilate
hyperventilate /ˌhaɪpəˈventəleɪt, ˌhaɪpəˈventɪleɪt $ -pərˈventl-eɪt/ verb [intransitive]
to breathe too quickly or too deeply, so that you get too much oxygen and feel dizzy
—hyperventilation /ˌhaɪpəventəˈleɪʃən, ˌhaɪpəventɪˈleɪʃən $ -pərventlˈeɪ-/ noun [uncountable]


hyper·ven·ti·lateBrE /ˌhaɪpəˈventɪleɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhaɪpərˈventɪleɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they hyperventilate BrE /ˌhaɪpəˈventɪleɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌhaɪpərˈventɪleɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it hyperventilates BrE /ˌhaɪpəˈventɪleɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌhaɪpərˈventɪleɪts/ 🔊past simple hyperventilated BrE /ˌhaɪpəˈventɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌhaɪpərˈventɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle hyperventilated BrE /ˌhaɪpəˈventɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌhaɪpərˈventɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form hyperventilating BrE /ˌhaɪpəˈventɪleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌhaɪpərˈventɪleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (specialist) to breathe too quickly because you are very frightened or excited 通气过度 hyper·ven·ti·la·tion BrE /ˌhaɪpəˌventɪˈleɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌhaɪpərˌventɪˈleɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]