breathlessness
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breath·less
(brĕth′lĭs)adj.
1. Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running.
2.
a. Excited or tense, often to the point of holding the breath: a breathless audience.
b. Tense or exciting, often in causing or being characterized by holding of the breath: breathless anticipation.
3.
a. Not breathing; without breath.
b. Dead.
4. Having no air or breeze; still: a breathless summer day.
breath′less·ly adv.
breath′less·ness n.
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Translations
انقطاع الأنفاس
dýchavičnostudýchanost
forpustethedstakåndethed
mæîi
nefessizliksoluğu kesilme
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
breathlessness
[ˈbrɛθləsnɪs] n (= symptom) → troubles mpl respiratoiresbreath-taking [ˈbrɛθteɪkɪŋ] adj [view, scenery, beauty] → à vous couper le souffle
[talent, performance] → époustouflant(e)
[speed] → impressionnant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
breathlessness
n (due to exertion) → Atemlosigkeit f; (due to illness) → Kurzatmigkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
breath
(breθ) noun1. the air drawn into, and then sent out from, the lungs. My dog's breath smells terrible.
2. an act of breathing. Take a deep breath.
ˈbreathless adjective having difficulty in breathing normally. His asthma makes him breathless; He was breathless after climbing the hill.
ˈbreathlessly adverbˈbreathlessness noun
hold one's breath
to stop breathing (often because of anxiety or to avoid being heard). He held his breath as he watched the daring acrobat.
out of breath breathless (through running etc). I'm out of breath after climbing all these stairs.
under one's breath in a whisper. He swore under his breath.
breath is a noun: He held his breath .
breathe is a verb: He found it difficult to breathe .
breathe is a verb: He found it difficult to breathe .
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