Gasp

Definition

gasp / gɑ:sp / v ၁။ ~ ( at sth ); ~ ( for sth ) ပင့္သက္႐ိႈက္သည္။ ေဟာဟဲလိုက္သည္။ They fled gasping and choking from the burning building. ❍ We all gasped in/with astonishment at the news. ❍ The runner was gasping for air/breath. ၂။ ~ sth (out) ပင့္သက္႐ိႈက္ရင္း ေျပာသည္။ ေဟာဟဲ လိုက္ရင္း ေျပာသည္။ She managed to gasp (out) a few words. ၃။ ~ ( for sth ) ( infml ) တ႐ိႈက္မက္မက္ ျဖစ္သည္။ 'Do you need a drink?' 'Yes, I'm gasping!' ❍ I was gasping for a cigarette. n ပင့္သက္႐ိႈက္ျခင္း။ အသက္႐ႉမွားျခင္း။ give a sudden audible gasp ❍ There were gasps of horror from the spectators.

Examples

1. He gasped as the freezing water hit his body.
2. [gasp at] : I literally gasped at how beautiful it was.
3. [gasp for air/breath] : Laura coughed and spluttered as she gasped for air.