gasp

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1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SURPRISEDFRIGHTENED to breathe in suddenly in a way that can be heard, especially because you are surprised or in pain 〔因惊讶或疼痛而〕大声吸气，倒抽气

gasp in/with

Ollie gasped with pain and slumped forward.

奥利疼得直抽气，往前栽倒下去。

gasp at

The audience gasped at the splendour of the costumes.

华丽的服装令观众惊叹。

‘My leg!’ he gasped. ‘I think it’s broken!’

“我的腿！”他倒抽一口气喊道，“我觉得腿断了！”

► see thesaurus at breathe

2 [intransitiveI] to breathe quickly in a way that can be heard because you are having difficulty breathing 〔由于呼吸困难而〕急促吸气 → pant

gasp for air/breath

Brendan climbed slowly, gasping for breath.

布伦丹上气不接下气地缓慢攀爬。

3 be gasping (for something) British EnglishBrE spokenNEED to feel that you urgently need something such as a drink or cigarette 渴望得到（某物）

I’m gasping for a pint!

我好想喝一大杯啤酒啊！

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be gasping (for something)• She was gasping, but she knew she could beat it if she ran.• But with an hour gone and Ulster 25-24 ahead, Saracens were gasping for air in this Heineken Cup match.• She was gasping for air, then her throat seized closed and she fainted.• Ken Harvey was gasping for air.• I will be gasping for breath 24 hours a day.• But suppose you have a cold and are gasping for breath?• But even when Brown was gasping in the ninth, Leyland stuck with him, and Brown finished the job.• The fruit in the 1985 Geyserville was gasping its last when we found it.

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gasp• ""Do you think you can walk?'' I asked. ""I'll try, '' he gasped.• Everyone who sees these photographs gasps.• The crowd gasped as the plane burst into flames.• The sound of the telephone shrilling by the side of her bed brought her gasping back to wakefulness.• The hill was very steep and they were all gasping by the time they got to the top.• But the poor paunchy guy had been stuffed into a jumpsuit from which he seemed to gasp for air.• His mother was coughing and gasping for breath.• He gasped in agony as his knees smashed into a rock.• The boys gasped, wheezed and giggled; the plumper ones complained bitterly.• I gasped when I heard how much the ring had cost.• Most people gasp when they hear how much money Patsy makes.• Instead, it is surging ahead in the polls leaving the opposition to gasp with envy.• One of the boys hit him in the face, and he gasped with pain.

gasp in/with• He gasped in agony as his knees smashed into a rock.• Len gasped in astonishment as the man pulled out a gun.• All around me, the people in the crowd were gasping in astonishment.• Six or seven women fainted, children screamed, grown men gasped in awe and disbelief.• Will I reach the other side gasping with exhilaration at the effort, the risk, the task successfully accomplished?• Like a rabbit borne aloft by a hawk, Semele hung gasping in his grip.• At first Buzz saw nothing, but then she gasped in horror.• He gasped with the effect of keeping with her.• But even when Brown was gasping in the ninth, Leyland stuck with him, and Brown finished the job.

gasp for air/breath• I will be gasping for breath 24 hours a day.• She was rushed to the hospital, gasping for breath.• But the poor paunchy guy had been stuffed into a jumpsuit from which he seemed to gasp for air.• Katze dashed on to the bridge of the Raubvogel, gasping for breath.• We gasped for breath and fought off the pain, desperate not to lose.• They lay gasping for breath behind some wooden benches.• Sobbing, gasping for breath, she began to crawl across the floor.• They gasped for breath, struggled against debilitating weakness, and when the blood vessels around their brains ruptured, they died.• Yet even as the boy fell back, gasping for breath, that strange transformation overcame him again.

gasp2 noun [countableC]

1 SURPRISEDFRIGHTENEDwhen you take in a breath suddenly in a way that can be heard, especially because you are surprised or in pain 〔尤指惊讶或疼痛引起的〕大声吸气，倒抽气

gasp of

With a gasp of pure horror, Lewis jumped up and ran.

刘易斯吓得倒抽了一口气，跳起来就跑。

She gave a little gasp and clutched George’s hand.

她轻轻地倒抽一口气，抓住了乔治的手。

2 BREATHEwhen you breathe in air quickly because you are having difficulty breathing 〔呼吸困难引起的〕急促吸气

Her breath came in shallow gasps.

她的呼吸浅而急促。

3 somebody’s/something’s last gasp DIEthe time when someone is about to die, or when something is about to stop happening or existing 某人/某物的最后一口气

the last gasp of an industry in decline

一个没落行业的最后一口气

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somebody’s/something’s last gasp• This cold spell appears to be winter's last gasp for the year.• But it also was the last gasp for a team on the slide.• Large-scale, publicly-owned enterprises will breathe their last gasp and wither away well before the state which spawned them.• Sometimes even negative change is interpreted as merely the last gasp of the resistant old order.• That is the way to add people on their last gasp to the repossessed list, not reduce it.• This is the last gasp of the Romantic revolution that Beethoven instigated.• Whether it is a rebirth or a last gasp remains to be seen.

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gasp• There was a gasp at this disclosure.• Bette concluded with a gasp and sank her teeth into her sandwich.• Between gasps Michael said that he was allergic to cats.• The announcement that he was guilty brought gasps and sobs in the packed courtroom.• But it also was the last gasp for a team on the slide.• Kneeling across him, she joined her body to his with a little gasp until he sat and touched his mouth to hers.• I was breathing in short little gasps.• Then there's nothing but the implacable, soul-less beat, and a subdued babble of shudders and metallic gasps.• Now we solaced our brow on the porcelain, and emitted a few sour gasps of disgust.• There were gasps of astonishment from the audience.

gasp of• a gasp of pain

Origin gasp1

(1300-1400) Old Norse geispa “to yawn”

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