heave, wheeze, puff or gasp ? 透不过气 !

He was reluctant to admit that he was old but before he ran half way, he was ___ for air.

A. heaving

B. wheezing

C. puffing

D. gasping  

 （catti 英语笔译综合能力三级）

A．heave : breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted. Utter a sound, as with obvious effort. // She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do. 看到列表上的待办事项，她深深地叹了口气。→ heave a sigh ofrelief 松了口气

B. wheeze n./v. breathing with a husky or whistling sound. 喘鸣，啰音，（带着哨声的）喘息声// He has a slight wheeze in his chest. 他呼吸时胸部发出轻微的哨响声。The old man managed to wheeze out a few words. 老人勉强地喘息着说出了几句话。

C. puff v. smoke and exhalestrongly 吸，抽（香烟、烟斗等）to smoke a cigarette, pipe, etc.  // puff a cigar; 2. n. （烟、气等的）一缕，少量 a small amount of air, smoke, etc. that is blown from somewhere // When the children blew out with a puff, the seeds of the dandelions fluttered away as if they had wings. 孩子们噗的一吹，蒲公英种子就像长了翅膀一样飘走了。

D. gasp 1.（尤指由于惊讶或疼痛而）喘气，喘息，倒抽气 to take a quick deep breath with your mouth open, especially because you are surprised or in pain // “I can’t believe you’re alive,” one gasped. “我真不敢相信你还活着，“一个人喘着气说。Mom gasped in surprise at the sight of my sister's new haircut. 看到妹妹的新发型，妈妈惊讶的倒抽了口气。→ a gasp of surprise 2. 透不过气；气喘吁吁地说 to have difficulty breathing or speaking；呼吸十分困难，上气不接下气 gasp for air: to fight for a breath of air. (After one has been deprived of air.)  // When people don't get enough oxygen, they often begin to gasp for air. 当人们得不到足够的氧气时，常常就会开始喘气。Walter popped to the surface of the water and gasped for air. Walter探出水面，大口喘着气。 

(答案D.)

watery、fluid、liquid、fluent 差点整懵？！

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