gasp

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1. 喘息；倒抽气

• a gasp of horror 因恐惧倒吸一口凉气。

2. 上气不接下气的声音；短促的声音

• give a faint frightened gasp 发出一声轻微短促的惊叫

• He told me brokenly and in gasps that our team had won the game. 他断断续续、气喘吁吁地告诉我说，我们队赢得了比赛

词组at the(或one's) last gasp

1. 临终之时

• At his last gasp he confessed to the murder. 他在临死时坦白了杀人罪行。

2. 筋疲力尽

• I'm almost at my last gasp； if we don't get to the top of the hill soon， I shall not be able to go on. 我快要累死了，假如我们不能很快抵达山顶，我就走不动了。