gasp

• vi.息をのむ；あえぐ；切望する
• vt. 息をする；息を殺して話す
• n. 息を整える

gape、dazzle、gaspから。

gasp (n.)

1570s, from gasp (v.). Earliest attested use is in the phrase last gasp "final breath before dying." To gasp up the ghost "die" is attested from 1530s.

gasp (v.)

late 14c., gaspen, "open the mouth wide; exhale," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse geispa "to yawn," or its Danish cognate gispe "gasp," which probably are related to Old Norse gapa "open the mouth wide" (see gap (n.)). Related: Gasped; gasping.

1. I heard myself gasp and cry out.

自分が喘ぎながら叫んでいるのを聞いた。

2.She shrank back with an involuntary gasp .

彼女は思わず冷気を吸って後ろに退いた。

3.He snatched a last gasp winner.

彼は土壇場で一挙に優勝した。

4.a last- gasp 2-1 victory

の最後の瞬間に得られた2:1の勝利

She gave a gasp of surprise.

彼女は驚いて大きく息をした。