respire
英 [rɪ'spaɪə]
美[rɪ'spaɪɚ]
释义
vt. 呼吸
vi. 呼吸
词态变化
第三人称单数: respires;过去式: respired;过去分词: respired;现在分词: respiring;
中文词源
respire 呼吸re-,表反复，-spir,呼吸，吸气，词源同 spirit,suspire.
英文词源
- respire
- respire: see spirit
- respire (v.)
- late 14c., from Old French respirer (12c.), from Latin respirare "breathe again, breathe in and out," from re- "again" (see re-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). Related: Respired; respiring.
英英释意
- 1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
- 2. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide
- 3. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs;
- "I can breathe better when the air is clean"
- "The patient is respiring"
实用场景例句
- D : Now , the quicker a fruit or vegetable respires, the quicker it ripens.
- 水果或者蔬菜的呼吸作用越强烈, 它成熟的就越快.
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