wheeze

wheeze
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a person) breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages
    （人）喘，喘息
    the illness often leaves her wheezing.
    那病常使她气喘。
    ■[with obj.]utter with such a sound
    喘息地说出， 气喘吁吁地说
    he could barely wheeze out his pleas for a handout.
    他气喘吁吁地，几乎连乞求施舍的要求都说不出。
    [with direct speech]‘Don't worry son,’ he wheezed.
    “别担心，儿子，”他上气不接下气地说道。
    ■[no obj. with adverbial of direction]walk or move slowly with such a sound
    气喘吁吁地走动
    she wheezed up the hill towards them.
    她上气不接下气地爬上山，向他们走去。
    ■(of a device) make an irregular rattling or spluttering sound
    （器械）气喘似的响，呼哧呼哧作响
    the engine coughed, wheezed, and shrieked into life.
    发动机先是发出喀喀声，然后呼哧呼哧地响，最后长啸一声启动了。
noun
  1. [usu. insing.]a sound of or as of a person wheezing
    喘息声，气喘声
    I talk with a wheeze.
    我说话时气喘吁吁。
  2. (Brit. informal)a clever or amusing scheme, idea, or trick
    (英，非正式)巧妙主意，计谋，伎俩；玩笑
    a new wheeze to help farmers.
    帮助农家的新计策。
派生
wheezer
noun
wheezingly
adverb
语源
  1. late Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa 'to hiss'
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