中文翻译与英英解释

1.休息时间[场所]。
2.喘息的机会，考虑问题的时间。
3.起码的活动余地或空间(give the opponent no breathing-space 不给对手喘息的时间。 The bus was so crowded that there was hardly breathing-space. 公共汽车上挤得水泄不通)。

例句与用法

The bus was so crowded that there was hardly breathing-space .
公共汽车上挤得水泄不通。

The summer holidays gave us a welcome breathing-space .
暑假给了我们一段受欢迎的休息时间。