breathless
英 ['breθlɪs]
美 ['brɛθləs]
英語の語源
- breathless (adj.)
- late 14c., "unable to breathe," from breath + -less. Meaning "out of breath, panting" is from mid-15c. Used from 1590s in the sense "dead." Meaning "forgetting to breathe due to excitement, awe, anticipation, etc." is recorded from 1802. Related: Breathlessly; breathlessness.
例文
- 1. I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast.
- 私は少し息切れして、心臓がドンドン速く鼓動しています。
- 2.Tech-nology has advanced at a breathless pace.
- 技術の進歩速度は驚異的で、日進月歩である。/
- 3.We were breathless with anticipation.
- 私たちは期待に胸を膨らませ、息ができなくなりそうなほど興奮しています。
- 4.He arrived breathless at the top of the stairs.
- 彼は階段の頂上に登ったとき息を切らした。/
- 5.She was hot and breathless from the exertion of cycling uphill.
- 彼女は自転車で山に登るのに疲れて全身が熱くなり、息ができなかった。/
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