wheeze

US /wiːz/
UK /wiːz/
1.

喘息聲

to make a high, rough noise while breathing because of some breathing difficulty:

:
I could hear the old man behind me wheezing.
1.

喘息聲

a high, rough noise made when someone cannot breathe easily:

:
The cough, wheeze, and shortness of breath are things that go with smoking, not with age.