| 单词 | to give vent |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give vent 3. to give vent (with to or indirect object): extracted from ventn.2 a. To afford or provide with an outlet or means of escape; to cause or allow to issue or flow out.After French donner vent, used in the same senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > let out outleteOE letc1000 to let out1154 void14.. loose1568 to let forth1574 vent1587 to give vent1594 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 68 Be carefull in the beginning to give some little vent to the hogshead while it worketh. 1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 32 A milky liquor running out, so soon as you give it vent. 1669 W. Charleton Mysterie of Vintners in Two Disc. 174 To cure Rhenish of its Fretting..they seldom use any other art, but giving it vent, and covering the open Bung with a Tile or Slate. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) To give Vent to a Cask of Wine. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Tart You must..make a small Hole in the form of a Cross in the middle to give the Farce in the Crust some vent. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 318 The principal region in the old World, which, from time immemorial, has been agitated by earthquakes, and has given vent at certain points to subterranean fires. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 289 In order to give vent to the rising sap. 1875 [see vent-cock n. at Compounds 1b]. b. figurative. To give outlet, expression, or utterance (to an emotion, faculty, etc.); to relieve in this way. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > give expression to sayOE talkc1275 soundc1386 outc1390 shedc1420 utterc1445 conveya1568 discharge1586 vent1602 dicta1605 frame1608 voice1612 pass?1614 language1628 ventilate1637 to give venta1640 vend1657 clothe1671 to take out1692 to give mouth to1825 verbalize1840 to let out1853 vocalize1872 a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iii. ii. 62 Had I not found out a freind to whome I might impart em [i.e. emotions], and so giue em vent, In theire aboundance they would force a passage. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. ii. 10 The vent which the afflicted parties give by their bemoaning of their Estate. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 360 I found he wanted to give Vent to his Mind. 1781 S. Johnson Let. 12 Apr. (1992) III. 337 I have nobody whom I expect to share my uneasiness... I give it little vent. 1823 T. Chalmers Serm. I. 423 Oh! how I rejoice when compassion may give full vent to its tenderness. 1852 H. W. Longfellow Emperor's Bird's-nest iii Thus as to and fro they went,..Giving their impatience vent. 1904 Spectator 20 Feb. 285/2 The voices which gave vent to any great wave of feeling. c. To utter, burst out with (an exclamation). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly > blurt out braid1562 blurt1573 bolt1577 plump1579 sot1608 to bounce out (with)c1626 flirt1641 blutter1684 to come right out with1861 to give vent1870 blat1879 whip1889 1870 J. Bruce Life Gideon xi. 193 He gives vent to the exclamation ‘Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel?’ < as lemmas |
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