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breathy

/'breθi/

US pronunciation
American sound/'breθi/
breathy
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2 syllables
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Vowel
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Ending
Final y vowel sound

breat - hy -> breathy

Myanmar meaning

[adj]အသက်ရှူသံပြင်းသော။

Full entry

breath /breθ/ n

၁။ (က) [U] ထွက်သက်ဝင်သက်။ နှာလေ။ အသက်ရှူ။ You can see people's breath on a cold day. ❍ His breath smelt of garlic. ❍ She paused for breath, then went on speaking.
(ခ) [C] (ဝင်သက်) တစ်ရှူ၊ တစ်ရှိုက်။ take a deep breath (ie fill one's lungs with air).
၂။ ~ of sth [sing] (လေ) အနည်းငယ်တိုးမှု။ There wasn't a breath of air/wind.
၃။ ~ of sth [sing] သိုးသိုး သံ့သံ့ကြားခြင်း။ အနံ့ထွက်ခြင်း။ အရိပ်အယောင်ပေါ်ခြင်း။ a breath of scandal ❍ the first breath of spring. နွေဦး၏ ဗွေဆော်ဦးရနံ့။
❏ a breath of fresh air [IDM ]
၁။ လေကောင်း လေသန့်ရှူခြင်း။ I like to have a breath of fresh air during my lunch hour.
၂။ ရင်အေးစရာ။ Her smile is a breath of fresh air in this gloomy office.
❏ the breath of life (to/for sb) [IDM ] အသက်။ အသက် သွေးကြော။ Religion is the breath of life to/for her.
❏ breath test n ယာဉ်မောင်းသူ၏ သေရည်သောက်စားမှုကို အာမှုတ်လေဖြင့် တိုင်းတာခြင်း။
❏ breathy /'breθi/ adj အသက်ရှူသံပြင်းသော။
❏ get one's breath (again/back) [IDM ] အသက်ရှူမှား ရာက ပုံမှန်ပြန်ဖြစ်သည်။ It took us a few minutes to get our breath back after running for the bus.
❏ hold one's breath [IDM ] အသက်အောင့်ထားသည်။ How long can you hold your breath for? ❍ The crowd held its/their breath as he ran up to take the penalty kick.
❏ one's last/dying breath [IDM ] ဘဝနိဂုံးချုပ်ချိန်။
❏ (be) out of/short of breath [IDM ] (မောလွန်း၍) အသက်ရှူမှားသည်။ We were all out of breath when we got to the top of the hill.
❏ say sth speak, etc under one's breath [IDM ] လေသံဖြင့်ပြောသည်။ ‘Idiot!’ she muttered under her breath.
❏ take sb's breath away [IDM ] (အံ့ဩခြင်း၊ ကြည်နူးခြင်း ဖြင့်) အသက်ရှူမှားသည်။ The view from the top took my breath away.

More examples
  • He could feel her cool breath on his face.
  • His breath smelt strongly of alcohol.
  • [take a breath] : She took a long slow breath to calm down.
  • [a deep breath] : Take a deep breath and dive into the water.
  • [a shallow breath] : Quick shallow breaths
Synonyms
mouthful of air, gulp of air, gasp, inhalation, pant, breathing, lungful of air, animation, aroma, blow, break, breather, breathing space, dash, eupnea, exhalation, expiration, faint breeze, flatus, flutter, gulp, gust, hint, inspiration, instant, insufflation, lungful, moment, mouthful, murmur, odor, pause, puff, respiration, respite, rest, second, shade, sigh, smell, sniff, snort, snuffle, soupçon, streak, suggestion, suspicion, ten, touch, trace, undertone, vapor, waft, wheeze, whiff, whisper, zephyr
Antonyms
information, lot
Cross references
mouthful of airgulp of airgaspinhalationpantbreathinglungful of airanimationaromablowbreakbreatherbreathing spacedasheupneaexhalationexpirationfaint breezeflatusfluttergulpgusthintinspirationinstantinsufflationlungfulmoment
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