Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #20029
wheezed
喘气
wheezed is the past of wheeze.
breathe with difficulty
- 1.
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
费力呼吸并伴有可闻的管笛声或哨声,如哮喘病人。
- 2.
To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.
发出类似人类喘息的声音。
费力呼吸并伴有可闻的管笛声或哨声,如哮喘病人。；发出类似人类喘息的声音。；喘息着说
In use
The old dog wheezed as it climbed the stairs slowly.
"I'm exhausted," she wheezed, collapsing onto the chair.
I could hear the wheeze of his breathing in the quiet room.
vi. wheeze (with/from sth)
wheeze 作动词时指呼吸困难发出带哨音的喘息声；表示原因可用 with 或 from。
He was wheezing from the smoke.
他被烟呛得直喘气。
vt. wheeze (out) sth
作及物动词时，wheeze 后接所说的话，也可接直接引语，表示喘着气说。
She wheezed out a warning.
她喘着气发出了警告。
n. a wheeze in sth
a wheeze 指呼吸时发出的喘息声，常与 in 搭配表示部位。
I heard a wheeze in his chest.
Connections
Collocations
- wheeze and cough
- 又喘又咳；喘息并咳嗽
- He was wheezing and coughing all through the night.他整个晚上又喘又咳。
- asthmatic wheeze
- 哮喘性喘息声
- The doctor detected an asthmatic wheeze in her lungs.医生在她肺部听出了哮喘性喘息声。
- clever wheeze
- 妙计；巧招
- He thought of a clever wheeze to get free tickets.他想出了一个弄到免费票的妙计。
- wheeze out
- 喘息着说出
- She wheezed out an apology before collapsing.她喘息着说了声对不起，然后倒下了。
Idioms & figurative uses
- the old wheeze
- 老一套的伎俩；老笑话He came out with the old wheeze about the dog eating his homework.他又搬出作业被狗吃了的老一套借口。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想发音 hwiːz：像人喘气时发出的“呼——嘶”长音，wheeze 就是喘息、喘气声。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：medical appointment、after physical exertion、literary narration wheeze 表示“喘息、喘气声”时，动词和名词的使用场合基本相同，通常属于中性偏口语的表达，多用于医疗场景、剧烈运动后的描述或文学叙述。作动词指“喘气”或“喘息着说”，作名词指“喘气声”。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时，宾语常为话语或直接引语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
wheeze 读 /hwiːz/，与 breeze、freeze、sneeze、squeeze、tease、please 押韵（韵脚均为 /iːz/）。注意 whiz /wɪz/ 拼写相似但读音不同，不押韵；wheezy /ˈwiːzi/ 也不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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