Tra từ breathe - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 normal breathing
2 breathing with difficulty
3 being unable to breathe
see also AIR

1 normal breathing
- to take air into your body and let it out again: breathe
She's still breathing. ◎ The train was terribly crowded and I was finding it difficult to breathe. ◎ These substances are polluting the air we breathe.
- the action of breathing: (formal) respiration (noun U); connected with breathing: (formal) respiratory
respiratory illnesses
- one of the two parts inside your chest that are used for breathing: lung
We filled our lungs with the wonderful sea air.
- the tube that joins the throat to the lungs: windpipe
a blocked windpipe
- to take air, etc into your lungs: breathe (sth) in, (formal) inhale (sth)
Breathe in slowly. ◎ Try not to breathe the smoke in.
- to send air, etc out of your lungs: breathe (sth) out, (formal) exhale (sth)
- the air that you take in and let out: breath (noun U); an act of taking air into your lungs: breath
He's got bad breath (= breath that smells unpleasant).
to take a deep breath
- to breathe air in through the nose so that it makes a noise: sniff; noun: sniff
Stop sniffing and get a handkerchief!
- to deliberately stop breathing for a short time: hold* your breath
We all held our breath and waited for the explosion.
- to send air, etc out of your mouth: blow* (sth)
He blew a cloud of tobacco smoke across the room.

2 breathing with difficulty
- breathing quickly after exercise: out of breath
These days she can't even go upstairs without getting out of breath.
- breathing quickly or with difficulty: breathless
She sat breathless on the edge of the bed. ◎ He was breathless from running up the stairs.
- to breathe quickly and noisily through your mouth: gasp (for breath)
She was coughing and gasping for breath.
- to take short, quick breaths through your mouth: pant
She was panting heavily after the race.
- to rest after exercise so that your breathing becomes normal again: get* your breath back
Give me time to get my breath back.
- to breathe in deeply after an effort: draw* breath
She ran for a few metres and then stopped to draw breath.

3 being unable to breathe
- to be unable to breathe because sth is blocking the air passage: choke; to cause sb to be unable to breathe: choke sb
A fish bone stuck in her throat and she choked to death. ◎ The smoke was choking us.
- to die because of being unable to breathe: suffocate; to kill sb in this way: suffocate sb; noun (U): suffocation
She was suffocated by the smoke. ◎ to die of suffocation
- to kill sb by squeezing their neck: strangle sb
- a sudden noise in your throat, often caused by eating too fast: hiccup (often plural)
You'll get hiccups if you eat so fast.
- a chest disease which makes breathing difficult: asthma (noun U); adjective: asthmatic
an asthmatic child
- the action of forcing air into a person's lungs when they have stopped breathing: artificial respiration (noun U)
We had to give her artificial respiration.
- a type of artificial respiration in which you breathe into a person's mouth: the kiss of life
She dragged him out of the water and gave him the kiss of life.
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- a device that a person suffering from asthma uses to help them breathe: inhaler
- a machine used in hospital to help a person with breathing problems: ventilator
She had to be put on a ventilator.
- a device which you wear over your face and which provides oxygen for you to breathe: oxygen mask
- a short tube used by a swimmer which makes it possible to breathe underwater: snorkel