pant /ˈpænt/
  喘息,悸動(vi.)喘息,渴望(vt.)氣喘吁吁地說
  pant /ˈpænt/ 不及物動詞
  心跳,氣喘
  Pant v. i. [imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting.]
  1. To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.
     Pluto plants for breath from out his cell.   --Dryden.
  2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after.
     As the hart panteth after the water brooks.   --Ps. xlii. 1.
     Who pants for glory finds but short repose.   --Pope.
  3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart.
  4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic]
  The whispering breeze
  Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees.   --Pope.
  Pant, v. t.
  1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.
  There is a cavern where my spirit
  Was panted forth in anguish.   --Shelley.
  2. To long for; to be eager after. [R.]
     Then shall our hearts pant thee.   --Herbert.
  Pant, n.
  1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp.
  2. A violent palpitation of the heart.
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  pant
       n 1: the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
       2: a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she
          gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp]
       v 1: breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners
            reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: puff,
            gasp, heave]
       2: utter while panting, as if out of breath