喜樂美語

One way to hold it: the breath your body takes without asking you — air pulled in sharply enough that other people hear it.

一口「不是你決定要吸的」氣。身體先動了，你才發現自己吸了氣——而且吸得夠急、夠用力，旁邊的人聽得見。這個字最關鍵的地方就在「聽得見」：呼吸本來是安靜的背景音，一旦變成別人耳朵抓得到的聲音，就代表身體正在應付某種它應付不來的東西——嚇到、痛到、或喘不過氣。

From the word’s history

Middle English gaspen meant something like "to gape, to breathe out" and is tied to Old Norse geispa "to yawn" — the same family as gape, a mouth pulled open. The open mouth came first; the audible breath through it is what English kept.

中古英文 gaspen 意思接近「張大嘴、呼氣」，跟古北歐語 geispa（打呵欠）有關，屬於 gape（嘴張開）那一家。也就是說，這個字最早畫的是「嘴被拉開」的樣子，而現代英文留下來的是從那張開的嘴進出的、聽得見的那口氣。

Middle English gaspen / gayspen, related to Old Norse geispa ("to yawn"), cognate with gapa ("to gape"); attested origin supplied with the payload

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  • 形容詞gasping

v過去式 gasped過去分詞 gasped-ing gasping三單 gasps

n複數 gasps

原始詞典資料8 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

gaspverb/ɡɑːsp/

  • 1

    To draw in the breath suddenly, as if from a shock.

    • The audience gasped as the magician disappeared.
  • 2

    To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion; to respire with heaving of the breast; to pant.

    • We were all gasping when we reached the summit.
    • c. 1761-1764, Robert Lloyd, An Epistle to C. Churchill, Author of the Rosicad She gasps and struggles hard for life.
  • 3

    To speak in a breathless manner.

    • The old man gasped his last few words.
  • 4

    To pant with eagerness or excitement; to show vehement desire.

    • I'm gasping for a cup of tea.
    • Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.

gaspnoun/ɡɑːsp/

  • 1

    A short, sudden intake of breath.

    • The audience gave a gasp of astonishment
  • 2

    slangA draw or drag on a cigarette (or gasper).

    • I'm popping out for a gasp.

gaspintj/ɡɑːsp/

  • 1

    The sound of a gasp.

    • Gasp! What will happen next?

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