Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #20029
wheezing
喘气
wheezing is the present participle of wheeze.
核心释义
breathe with difficulty
- 1.
费力呼吸并伴有可闻的管笛声或哨声,如哮喘病人。
To breathe hard, and with an audible piping or whistling sound, as persons affected with asthma.
- 2.
发出类似人类喘息的声音。
To make a sound that resembles the sound of human wheezing.
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
用法In use
The old dog wheezed as it climbed the stairs slowly.
用法提示：wheeze 作不及物动词，表示因吃力而发出喘息声。
"I'm exhausted," she wheezed, collapsing onto the chair.
用法提示：wheeze 作及物动词，引出直接引语，表示喘息着说出。
I could hear the wheeze of his breathing in the quiet room.
用法提示：wheeze 作名词，指呼吸时发出的喘息声。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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。
习语与比喻表达
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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”。
语法说明Grammar Note
作及物动词时，宾语常为话语或直接引语。
发音与拼写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。
用法优先级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。
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