breather

英 [ˈbriːðə(r)]

美 [ˈbriːðər]

n.  短暂的休息

复数：breathers　

机械

BNC.18959 / COCA.19178

牛津词典

noun

• 短暂的休息
  a short pause for rest or to relax
  1. to take/have a breather
     歇一下
  2. Tell me when you need a breather.
     你需要休息时就告诉我。
  3. a five-minute breather
     休息五分钟

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 短暂休息
  If you take abreather, you stop what you are doing for a short time and have a rest.
  1. Relax and take a breather whenever you feel that you need one.
     要放松，什么时候觉得需要休息就休息一下。

英英释义

noun

• air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes
  Synonym:snorkelschnorkelschnorchelsnorkel breather
• a short respite
  Synonym:breathbreathing placebreathing spacebreathing spellbreathing time

双语例句

• Breather deeply and feel the Love and Peace.
  深深的呼吸，感受这爱的平静与觉知。
• The restrictor is fitted in the breather hose as of the engine numbers specified below.
  自以下指定的发动机号起，节流阀安装在通气软管中。
• I must go out for a quick breather.
  我得出去换换脑子了。
• Relax and take a breather whenever you feel that you need one.
  要放松，什么时候觉得需要休息就休息一下。
• I stopped and had another breather and considered.
  我又停下来一边休息，一边考虑。
• The flame arrester can be used with breather valve, and also can be used separately.
  可与呼吸阀配套使用，也可单独使用。
• After a decade of astonishing growth, the Chinese car industry may be about to take a breather.
  经过十年的飞速增长，中国汽车业可能要稍事喘息。
• This shows you up a late breather and how much harder it is to do that.
  这是一段吸气过晚的镜头，你看他游得多累啊。
• Breather valve and flame arrestor are indispensable safety devices.
  可见呼吸阀，阻火器是储罐不可缺少的安全设施。
• I will chide no breather in the world but myself, against whom I know most faults.
  我不怨世上任何人，只怨我自己，因为我知道我自己的毛病最多。