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 breather ['bri:ðә]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 呼吸者, 使人喘气的事, 剧烈的运动

[机] 通气器


  1. I must go out for a quick breather.
    我得出去换换脑子了.
  2. I've mowed the front lawn, and I'm just taking a breather before taking the back lawn.
    我已刈了前面的草坪,待我休息一下后说去刈后面的草坪。
  3. Take a breather and relax.
    喘口气,放松一下。


breather
[ noun ]
  1. a short respite

  2. <noun.time>
  3. air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time

  4. <noun.artifact>


Breather \Breath"er\, n.
1. One who breathes. Hence:
(a) One who lives.
(b) One who utters.
(c) One who animates or inspires.

2. That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise.
[Colloq.]

3. a pause to catch one's breath, or for some other form of
rest or refreshment; -- often used in the phrase

{to take a breather}, i.e. to pause for refreshment.
[Colloq.]
[PJC]

4. a vent in a container to allow equalization of internal
and external pressure.
[PJC]

5. an air intake pipe to provide air to machinery or people
submerged or otherwise sealed off from the outside.
[PJC]

  1. MANY of the continent's bourses took a breather yesterday from the bull run, writes Our Markets Staff. FRANKFURT took a pause from its record breaking ways with most analysts commenting that the current rally still has a long way to go.
  2. More than 1.6m jobs would have to be created in the next few years. A small rise in exports, however, has given the gloom-ridden Australian economy a breather.
  3. Coffee futures prices eased yesterday as traders took a breather after Tuesday's session, which featured hectic trading prompted by the collapse of the London coffee quota talks.
  4. The Dow Jones Industrial Average took a breather as well, closing down 11.16 at 2669.32, although volume remained heavy.
  5. In other futures markets yesterday: INTEREST RATES: Bond futures prices took a breather, finishing slightly higher after giving up most of the session's gains based on technical trading factors.
  6. Akzo lost Fl 1.70 on the day to Fl 125.30. FRANKFURT took a breather after a week beset by bad economic and corporate news.
  7. Commodity markets took a mid-week breather from the fizz and fury that has sharply driven up most prices.
  8. Financials took a breather after the preceding four days of steady gains.
  9. Stocks were off slightly throughout most of the session, but most observers said the market was merely taking a breather.
  10. Mr. Brown thinks silver is taking a breather at current levels but will continue its upward trek.
  11. Perhaps I'd bill them every Pounds 4,000 or maybe every Pounds 10,000 and we'd stop work for periods if they wanted a breather.'
  12. Nomura Securities advanced Y60 to Y2,250 and Nikko Securities Y110 to Y1,120. Stocks which had led the recent rally took a breather.
  13. Wall Street took a breather today, with the Dow Jones industrial average inching its way up to a new closing high but the prices of most stocks ending lower.
  14. After opening higher, the market took a short breather in midsession, but buying resumed late in the session so that most shares ended at the day's highs.
  15. 'People were starting to become scared of a possible crash, and we needed a breather,' said Mr Yasuo Ueki at Nikko Securities.
  16. Some said computer and technology customers are taking a breather from end-of-the-year purchasing.
  17. Gold futures prices inched nearer to new highs for the year Tuesday on New York's Commodity Exchange after taking a quick breather from their energetic advance of the previous five sessions.
  18. The week's Democratic primaries offered a breather in the schedule after a rapid-fire series of industrial state contests ending last week in Indiana and Ohio and pointing the way toward contests in Oregon next week and California in early June.
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