respire

英 [rɪ'spaɪə] 美[rɪ'spaɪɚ]
  • 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"

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.

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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