Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - breathless
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Breathless
breathless
1. If you are breathless, you have difficulty in breathing properly, for example because you have been running or because you are afraid or excited. I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was bumpy and fast... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • breathlessly ‘I’ll go in,’ he said breathlessly. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj • breathlessness Asthma causes wheezing and breathlessness. N-UNCOUNT 2. You use breathless for emphasis when you are describing feelings of excitement or exciting situations. Technology has advanced at a breathless pace. ...the breathless excitement of early 1988, when hundreds and thousands of citizens gathered nightly for political meetings. ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]emphasis • breathlessly Nancy waited breathlessly for him to go on. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
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adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. not breathing b. dead 2. a. panting or gasping for breath b. gripped with emotion ~ in anticipation c. intense, gripping ~ eagerness ~ prose d. very rapid or strenuous go at a ~ pace e. marked by intense or unremitting activity a ~ schedule 3. oppressive because of no fresh air or breeze • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 panting, out of breath. 2 holding the breath because of excitement, suspense, etc. (a state of breathless expectancy). 3 unstirred by wind; still. Derivatives breathlessly adv. breathlessness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. запыхавшийся; задыхающийся 2. мертвый, бездыханный breathless corpse —- безжизненное (бездыханное) тело; бездыханный труп 3. затаивший дыхание breathless expectation —- напряженное ожидание breathless silence —- напряженная (мертвая) тишина they listened to his story with breathless attention —- они слушали его рассказ, затаив дыхание 4. безветренный, неподвижный breathless weather —- безветренная погода ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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attention напряженное внимание BREATHLESS adj. 1) запыхавшийся; задыхающийся 2) затаивший дыхание - breathless attention 3) бездыханный 4) безветренный; неподвижный (о воздухе, воде и т.п.) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 having difficulty breathing, especially because you are very tired, excited, or frightened (The long climb left Jan feeling breath- less.) 2 unpleasantly hot with no fresh air or wind (thebreathless heat of a midsummer night in Rome) - breathlessly adv - breathlessness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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