| 单词 | expel |
| 释义 | expel (ɪkspel ) Word forms: expels , expelling , expelled 1. verb [usually passive] If someone is expelled from a school or organization, they are officially told to leave because they have behaved badly. More than five-thousand secondary school students have been expelled for cheating. [be VERB-ed] ...a boy expelled from school for making death threats to his teacher. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: throw out, exclude, ban, bar 2. verb If people are expelled from a place, they are made to leave it, often by force. An American academic was expelled from the country yesterday. [be VERB-ed + from] They were told at first that they should simply expel the refugees. [VERB noun] Synonyms: banish, exile, oust, deport 3. verb To expel something means to force it out from a container or from your body. Daily brushing of the skin helps the skin expel toxins. [VERB noun] As the lungs exhale this waste, gas is expelled into the atmosphere. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: drive out, discharge, throw out, force out Collocations: expel air Scientists say the change accelerates the decline in lungs' ability to expand and expel air. The Sun The newer generation pressure cookers, which have no weights, expel air from inside before reaching full pressure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The abdominal muscles and the internal and innermost intercostal muscles help expel air. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As whales reach the water surface to breathe, they will forcefully expel air through the blowhole. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In order for the lungs to expel air the diaphragm relaxes, which pushes up on the lungs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 开除 Japanese: 追い出す |
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