breathlessness
构词拆解
-ness
后缀
- -ness
- Appended in general, often informally, stylistically, or jocularly, for reification of an attribute. · Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
词源说明
From breathless + -ness.
释义
名词noun
- 1The state of being breathless or out of breath, especially merely temporarily from exertion.
- 2(medicine) Difficult or labored breathing, as a symptom or sign of a medical condition.