短语 | hold your breath |
释义 | hold your breatha. to deliberately not breathe out for a short time屏住呼吸:•Hold your breath and count to ten.屏住呼吸数到十。b. to not breathe out and try not to make a sound because you do not want to be noticed屏息静气:•Julie shrank back against the wall and held her breath.朱莉缩回到墙边,屏住了呼吸。c. not hold your breath spokenused to say that you do not expect something to happen, even though someone has said it will不指望某事发生:•He promised he'd phone, but I'm not holding my breath.他答应要打电话的,不过我可不指望他会打。hold your ˈbreath1to stop breathing for a short time闭气;屏气Hold your breath and count to ten.屏住呼吸,数到十。2to be anxious while you are waiting for sth that you are worried about屏息以待;焦虑地等待He held his breath while the results were read out.宣读结果时,他屏住了呼吸。3(informal)people saydon't hold your breath!to emphasize that sth will take a long time or may not happen别眼巴巴等着;有你等的She said she'd do it this week, but don't hold your breath!她说她这个星期要干,不过你可别因此眼巴巴干等! |
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