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

• So if you're feeling overwhelmed, schedule a breather for yourself.
  所以，如果你感到不知所措，那么给自己安排一次休息。
• Each overlapping the next, with never so much as a week's breather in between.
  情事彼此重叠，之间从没有一个星期的喘息时间。
• It's only to say that even grief needs to take a breather.
  仅仅是说就算悲哀也需要休息一会儿。
• 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。
• Insert breather hose into bracket and close clip.
  将通气软管插入到支架中并卡紧卡子。
• Breather holes are provided at the concave place.
  凹位处设置有通气孔。
• 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。
• I must go out for a quick breather.
  我得出去换换脑子了。
• The fresh-air inlet was usually the crankcase breather cap.
  新鲜空气进口一般是曲轴箱通气盖。
• I don't feel like a need a breather.
  我不觉得自己像一个需要喘息。