pant
verb [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pant | |
| he / she / it pants | |
| past simple panted | |
| past participle panted | |
| -ing form panting |
to breathe quickly with short breaths, usually with your mouth open, because you have been doing some physical exercise, or because it is very hot 气喘；喘息 She finished the race panting heavily. 她跑完比赛气喘吁吁的。 She could hear him panting up the stairs (= running up and breathing quickly). 她听见他气喘吁吁地跑上楼。 He found her panting for breath at the top of the hill. 上到山顶，他发现她上气不接下气。 - + speech
‘Wait for me!’ he panted. “等等我，”。他气喘吁吁地说。
Extra ExamplesTopics Health and Fitnessc2She was panting with the effort of carrying the suitcase. 她费劲地拎着箱子，已是气喘吁吁了。 ‘Keep going, we'll get there in time!’ she panted. “坚持下去，我们会按时赶到那儿的！”她气喘吁吁地说道。 Eventually he arrived at the gate, puffing and panting. 他最终气喘吁吁地赶到了大门口。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- loudly
- slightly
- …
- for
- with
- puff and pant
Word OriginMiddle English: related to Old French pantaisier ‘be agitated, gasp’, based on Greek phantasioun ‘cause to imagine’, from phantasia ‘imagination, appearance’, later ‘phantom’, from phantazein ‘make visible’.
Idioms
puff and pant
(also puff and blow informal)
to breathe quickly and loudly through your mouth after physical effort 气喘吁吁；呼哧呼哧地喘 Eventually, puffing and panting, he arrived at the gate. 最后，他气喘吁吁地来到了门口。
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