c. 1600, "a living creature, one who breathes," agent noun from breathe. Meaning "spell of exercise to stimulate breathing" is from 1836; that of "a rest to recover breath" is from 1901.
雙語例句
1. Relax and take a breather whenever you feel that you need one.
要放松，什么時候覺得需要休息就休息一下。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Let's take a breather before we go on.
喘口氣再干.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. The fresh - air inlet was usually the crankcase breather cap.
新鮮空氣進口一般是曲軸箱通氣蓋.
來自辭典例句
4. Let's have / take a breather for a few minutes.
讓我們休息幾分鐘.
來自辭典例句
5. It was midnight before Xiangzi , who had been on the go non - stop , could take a breather.