take a breather
这是最常见的搭配,表示暂停活动稍作休息。
Let's take a breather after this long meeting.
开完这个长会后,我们休息一下吧。
短暂的休息;喘息
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
短暂的休息;喘息
a short pause from activity to rest or recover
Let's take a breather after this long meeting.
开完这个长会后,我们休息一下吧。
呼吸的东西或人
Something or someone that breathes.
一维晶格中的空间局部、时间周期激发
A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
曲轴箱的进气通道
An air inlet path to the crankcase
After climbing three flights of stairs, I stopped for a breather.
爬完三层楼梯后,我停下来喘口气。
Let's take a quick breather before we continue the meeting.
我们继续开会前先快速休息一下吧。
The team grabbed a five-minute breather between practice drills.
队员们在训练间隙抓紧时间休息了五分钟。
这是最常见的搭配,表示暂停活动稍作休息。
Let's take a breather after this long meeting.
开完这个长会后,我们休息一下吧。
I need a breather before I continue.
我需要喘口气再继续。
from后接需要暂时摆脱的事物。
She needed a breather from the constant pressure.
她需要从持续的压力中喘口气。
Not this
Let's breather for ten minutes.
Use this
Let's take a breather for ten minutes.
“breather”是名词,不是动词。中文学习者常因它与“breathe”相似而误当作动词使用。正确的动词短语是“take a breather”。
Not this
I need breather after that workout.
Use this
I need a breather after that workout.
“breather”是可数名词,单数形式前需要不定冠词“a”。中文没有冠词,学习者容易遗漏。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
用嘴呼吸的人;口呼吸者
The dentist explained that a mouth breather often wakes up with a dry mouth.
牙医解释说,用嘴呼吸的人醒来时常常口干。
呼吸声很重的人;喘息声很大的人
The police tracked down the heavy breather who had been making anonymous calls.
警方追查到了一个打匿名电话、喘息声很重的人。
离散呼吸子(晶格中的局域周期激发)
The researchers demonstrated a discrete breather in a chain of coupled magnets.
研究人员在一串耦合磁体中演示了离散呼吸子。
曲轴箱通气装置
Replace the crankcase breather if oil is leaking from the valve cover.
如果气门室盖处漏油,就更换曲轴箱通气装置。
休息一下;喘口气
Let's take a breather before we start the next project.
在开始下一个项目之前,我们先休息一下吧。
Use breather naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
breather 里藏着 breathe(呼吸):能呼吸的人/物。跑累了说 take a breather,即“喘口气、休息一下”。
语域:mixed 常见场景:clinical or everyday description of someone's breathing、theoretical physics paper on nonlinear lattices、automotive engine manual or repair context breather 的正式程度随义项而变化:指“呼吸的人/物”时通常为中性,多用于日常或临床描述;指“一维晶格中的周期激发”或“曲轴箱进气道”时属专业术语,常见于物理或机械工程文献,语域偏正式。学习时应按具体义项判断。
与 breather /ˈbriːðə/ 真正押韵的词有 teether /ˈtiːðə/ 和 either /ˈiːðə/(一种常见读法)。feather、weather、together、other 虽然拼写都以 -ther 结尾且末尾也读 /ðə/,但重读元音不同,所以不押韵。注意 either 也可读作 /ˈaɪðə/,那种读法与 breather 不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.