单词 | re-exhale |
释义 | re-exhalev. transitive (chiefly in passive). To exhale, give off (vapour, fumes, etc.) again. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > with drops > again re-exhale1661 1661 O. Felltham Lusoria xiii. 13 in Resolves (rev. ed.) So absent think me but as scatter'd dew, Till re-exhal'd again to Vertue; You. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) iii. iv. 267 Grass, which is..most visited with the Dew of Heaven, and re-exhaled again. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xi. 63 Most of the Dew that falls on it is re-exhal'd from untill'd Land. 1768 E. Foster Ess. on Hospitals 10 On Places of a dry, loose, gravelly Soil. Which, by quickly absorbing Moisture as it falls, prevent it's being re-exhaled. 1801 Rep. Arts & Manuf. 15 423 To prevent the contagious miasma, which is concealed in them [sc. walls and floors], and which they re-exhale. 1831 T. Hope Ess. on Origin & Prospects of Man II. xv. 145 The residue of the blood is again through these capillary vessels..re-exhaled into that atmosphere from whence its elements first came. 1995 N. Castellino et al. Inorg. Lead Exposure vi. 116 Booker..estimated that the amount deposited could be as high as 99% of the inhaled dose and that only a small fraction (1%) was reexhaled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1661 |
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