Word · Frequency #18959
breathers
短暂的休息;喘息
breathers is the plural of breather.
a short pause from activity to rest or recover
- 1.
Something or someone that breathes.
呼吸的东西或人
- 2.
A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
一维晶格中的空间局部、时间周期激发
- 3.
An air inlet path to the crankcase
曲轴箱的进气通道
潜艇通气管;呼吸的东西或人;一维晶格中的空间局部、时间周期激发;曲轴箱的进气通道;呼吸者
In use
After climbing three flights of stairs, I stopped for a breather.
Let's take a quick breather before we continue the meeting.
The team grabbed a five-minute breather between practice drills.
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。
need a breather
I need a breather before I continue.
我需要喘口气再继续。
a breather from [something]
from后接需要暂时摆脱的事物。
She needed a breather from the constant pressure.
Connections
Collocations
- mouth breather
- 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。
- heavy breather
- 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。
- discrete breather
- 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。
- crankcase breather
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- take a breather
- 休息一下;喘口气
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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”。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.