英和和英

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɹiː.ðə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -iːðə(ɹ)

名詞

breather (plural breathers)

1. Something or someone that breathes.
   1. (specifically) A heavy breather.
      • 1981 April 25, Martin H. Krieger, “Phone Calls”, in Gay Community News, page 12:

        Most of us make sense of the world through talk and sight, and breathers represent that most anxiety provoking experience, nothingness with a hint of possibility.

2. (colloquial) A short break; a rest or respite.

   After a short breather she was ready to continue up the hill.

   • 2025, “Spike Island”, in More, performed by Pulp:

     I took a breather and decided not to ruin my life

3. (physics) A spatially localized, time-periodic excitation in a one-dimensional lattice.
4. (colloquial, dated) That which puts one out of breath, such as vigorous exercise.
5. (mechanics) An air inlet path to the crankcase

同意語

• (short break): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause

派生語

アナグラム

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