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wheeze

verb
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[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wheeze
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he / she / it wheezes
🔊/ˈwiːzɪz/
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past simple wheezed
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past participle wheezed
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-ing form wheezing
🔊/ˈwiːzɪŋ/
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  1. to breathe noisily and with difficulty喘；喘息；喘鸣
    • He was coughing and wheezing all night.他整夜又咳嗽又喘。🔊🔊
    • She was wheezing with delight at her own joke.她对自己的玩笑感到高兴。
    • + speech ‘I have a chest infection,’ she wheezed.“我胸部受到了感染。” 她呼哧呼哧地说。🔊🔊
    Topics Illnessc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa ‘to hiss’.

wheeze

noun
🔊/wiːz/
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[usually singular]
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  1. the high, whistling sound that your chest makes when you cannot breathe easily 喘息声；喘鸣声；呼吸发出的哨音；呼哧呼哧声
  2. (British English, old-fashioned, informal) a clever trick or plan花招；计谋
    • He came up with a clever wheeze.他想出了一个聪明的喘息声。
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa ‘to hiss’.