字面直译为“找回某人的呼吸”,实际指在剧烈运动、体力消耗、情绪激动(如惊吓、兴奋)或快速活动后,恢复正常的呼吸节奏,即“喘过气来”“平复呼吸”“缓口气”。
1、 结构:
短语中 "one's" 需替换为形容词性物主代词(my/your/his/her/our/their等),对应句子的主语。
例如:
I need to get my breath back after running.(我跑完步得喘口气。)
She stopped to get her breath back after climbing the hill.(她爬山后停下来缓口气。)
2、 常见场景
用于描述呼吸急促后恢复正常的情境,典型场景包括:
剧烈运动(跑步、爬山、球类运动)后;
快速移动(追公交、赶地铁)后;
情绪波动(惊吓、大笑、尖叫)后;
体力劳动(搬重物、爬楼梯)后。
3、 时态与变形
一般现在时:get one's breath back(主语为复数或第一/二人称)
一般过去时:got one's breath back
现在进行时:is/are getting one's breath back
例如:
He got his breath back before continuing the race.(他喘过气后继续比赛。)
I am getting my breath back now—let's go.(我现在缓过来了,走吧。)
4、 同义短语对比
常与 "catch one's breath" 互换(二者均表示“喘口气”),细微区别:
"catch one's breath" 更强调“主动停下捕捉呼吸”(如“停下喘口气”);
"get one's breath back" 更强调“恢复原本的呼吸状态”(如“从急促中找回正常呼吸”)。
例如:
After chasing the dog, she sat down to catch her breath/get her breath back.(追完狗后,她坐下喘口气。)
1、 运动场景:
The hikers had to rest and get their breath back after climbing the steep trail.
(徒步者爬完陡峭的小径后,不得不休息喘口气。)
2、 日常场景:
I ran to the office and got my breath back before the meeting started.
(我跑到办公室,在会议开始前缓了口气。)
3、 情绪场景:
The scary movie made me jump—let me get my breath back!
(恐怖电影吓我一跳——让我缓口气!)
"get one's breath back" 是描述“恢复呼吸”的常用口语短语,核心是“从呼吸急促中回到正常状态”,适用场景广泛,搭配灵活,是日常交流中高频使用的表达。