单词 | outbreathing |
释义 | outbreathingn. The action of breathing out: an exhalation; (figurative) self-expression. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > [noun] pufflOE fnastinga1382 pufta1425 blasting1535 outbreathing1574 efflation1578 expiration1603 perspiration1611 expiring1661 flatus1692 exhalation1742 utterance1844 poof1864 pew1932 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale Giiiv The cold dooth stop and hinder outbreathing of the member. 1831 Ld. Houghton Italian to Italy in Mem. Many Scenes (1844) 75 The bland outbreathings of the Midland Sea. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles xiii. 237 An actual outstreaming and outbreathing of the fulness of his inner life. 1888 H. Sweet Hist. Eng. Sounds (new ed.) i. 1 Speech-sounds are generally formed with out-breathing or expiration. 1943 Man 43 29/1 The emphatic h following the t can only be pronounced as a very strong out-breathing. 1991 Skiing Mar. 55/1 This same strong, active ‘whooshing’ out-breathing at the end of a turn can help in a lot of other challenging ski situations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † outbreathingadj. Obsolete. rare. Emerging or spreading out like exhaled breath. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > [adjective] outbreathed1590 exhalatory1752 expired1794 expiratory1847 outbreathing1849 pluffing1853 1849 E. H. Sears Regeneration (1859) ii. i. 71 The outbreathing influence of a living person. 1860 E. K. Washington Echoes of Europe 286 You read it as if it were the outbreathing mind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1574adj.1849 |
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