breathe
gb/bɹˈið/ us/bɹˈið/
A1
อังกฤษ
~ 2500
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
A1
action
1
Take air in and out
To take air into your body through your nose or mouth and let it out again.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to breathe [air/smoke]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'breathe' (verb) with 'breath' (noun). 'Breathe' is an action; 'breath' is the air taken in or out.
คำพ้องความหมาย
inhale (Focuses specifically on taking air in, not the full breathing cycle.)
|
respire (More technical or scientific term for breathing.)
คำตรงข้าม
suffocate (Means to be unable to breathe, leading to danger or death.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
breathe deeply
|breathe heavily
|breathe fresh air
|breathe through the nose
หัวข้อ
daily life
|health
|science
|body
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- After running up the hill, she had to stop to breathe.
- It was so smoky that he could barely breathe.
- Take a moment to breathe deeply and relax.
- The doctor listened to him breathe through a stethoscope.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I breathe through my nose.
- She breathes slowly when she sleeps.
- We need air to breathe.
- He can't breathe in the small room.
คำกริยา
B1
action
2
Pause to relax or recover
To stop for a short time to rest or feel better after work or stress.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to breathe for [a moment/minute]
คำพ้องความหมาย
rest (More general; can be longer and not necessarily related to breathing.)
คำตรงข้าม
strain (To continue physical or mental effort without rest.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
breathe for a moment
|hardly breathe
|barely breathe
หัวข้อ
daily life
|emotions
|health
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Let’s sit down and breathe for a minute before we go on.
- She barely had time to breathe between meetings.
- After the speech, he finally breathed and smiled.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I need to breathe after running.
- She did not have time to breathe today.
- We stopped to breathe before walking again.
คำกริยา
B2
action
3
Let air pass through
If something breathes, air can move in and out of it.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[material] breathes well
คำพ้องความหมาย
ventilate (Often used for buildings or rooms; more formal/technical.)
คำตรงข้าม
seal (To close completely so that air cannot pass through.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
fabric breathes
|material breathes well
หัวข้อ
science
|daily life
|housing
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- Cotton clothing breathes better than polyester.
- This tent fabric breathes, keeping you cool inside.
- Leather shoes don't breathe as much as canvas ones.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- My shirt breathes in hot weather.
- This cloth does not breathe well.
- The tent breathes so we are not too hot.
คำกริยา
B2
action
4
Speak very quietly
To speak very quietly so that it is almost like a whisper.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to breathe [words]
คำพ้องความหมาย
whisper (Similar but may imply secrecy or intimacy more strongly.)
คำตรงข้าม
shout (To speak very loudly, opposite of speaking softly.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
breathe a word
|breathe softly
หัวข้อ
communication
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- She breathed his name into the phone.
- 'Don't go,' he breathed softly.
- He breathed a few words before leaving.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- She breathed his name.
- He breathed, 'I am here.'
- The girl breathed the words quietly.
คำกริยา
C1
action
5
Show strong quality or feeling
To seem full of a feeling or quality.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to breathe [quality]
คำพ้องความหมาย
exude (Stronger connotation of deliberately showing a quality.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
breathe confidence
|breathe life into
หัวข้อ
emotions
|communication
|arts_entertainment
ตัวอย่าง
- The room breathed peace and comfort.
- Her speech breathed hope into the audience.
- The design breathes elegance and simplicity.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The house breathes warmth.
- His words breathe hope.
- This place breathes beauty.
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breathe
IPA
GB/bɹˈið/
US/bɹˈið/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
breathe (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (breathe)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: breathe
- 3rd Person Singular: breathes
- Present Participle: breathing
- Past: breathed
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
breathes
verb
breathing
verb
breathed
verb
Core family
breath
noun A2
Related words
breathable
adjective
Negative and opposite forms
breathless
adjective B1
unbreathable
adjective
Advanced or less common
breathlessness
noun
breathlessly
adverb
วลีและสำนวน
breathe a sigh of relief
1/bɹˈið ə sˈaɪ əv ɹɪlˈif/
idiom
Exhale after stress ends
To let out a long breath when you feel safe again after being worried or afraid.
ตัวอย่าง
- They all breathed a sigh of relief when the missing child was found.
- I breathed a sigh of relief after hearing I passed the exam.
breathe deeply
1/bɹˈið dˈipli/
fixed phrase
Take slow, full breaths
To take slow, long breaths of air into your lungs and let them out fully.
ตัวอย่าง
- Breathe deeply to calm yourself before the test.
- She closed her eyes and breathed deeply of the fresh mountain air.
breathe new life into [something]
1/bɹˈið njˈu lˈaɪf ˈɪntu sˈʌmθɪŋ/
idiom
Revitalize with energy or ideas
To make something more lively, interesting, or successful again by giving it energy or new ideas.
ตัวอย่าง
- The manager hopes the new project will breathe new life into the company.
- A fresh coat of paint breathed new life into the old house.
don't breathe a word (to someone)
1/dˈoʊnt bɹˈið ə wˈɚd tə sˈʌmwˌʌn/
idiom
informal
Keep information secret
To not tell anyone about something that is secret.
ตัวอย่าง
- Don't breathe a word about the surprise party.
- She promised not to breathe a word of what she had seen.
take your breath away
1/tˈeɪk jˈʊɹ bɹˈɛθ əwˈeɪ/
idiom
Cause amazement or shock
To greatly surprise or impress someone so much that they feel like they stop breathing for a moment.
ตัวอย่าง
- The view from the mountain will take your breath away.
- Her beauty took my breath away.