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单词 ventiduct
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ventiductn.

Brit. /ˈvɛntᵻdʌkt/, U.S. /ˈvɛn(t)əˌdək(t)/
Forms: Also 1600s venteduct.
Etymology: < Latin venti-, ventus wind + ductus a conducting.
1.
a. A pipe or passage serving to bring cool or fresh air into an apartment or place, esp. in Italy and other warm climates.
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the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > passage, shaft, duct, or pipe
funnel1555
ventiduct1615
ventoso1698
air pipe1748
ventilating tube1754
ventilation-pipe1823
airshaft1846
through-draught1852
duct1884
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 261 Cold winds..such as by vente~ducts from the vast caues aboue Padua they let into their roomes at their pleasure.
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall 173 I have been informed of divers Ventiducts (as they call them) by very knowing Travellers that have observ'd them.
1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. III. 320 I would fain know what pain it was to the Persians..to make such ventiducts..as Xenophon reports they did.
1702 J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσία Revived iv. 127 They stop their Sweats unseasonably by cold Air, by Fanning, Ventiducts, or Cold Baths.
1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. xxvii. 48 From these Caves arise extreame cold Winds..through certain subterranean Vaults, nam'd..Ventiducts: and..through all the Chambers..these Wind-Pipes, or Ventiducts, are discharg'd.
1818 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 19 18 [Copying Evelyn Acetaria ii. xi.] His scheme of a Royal Garden comprehended..precipices and ventiducts.]
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 106/1 Ventiduct, to bring in fresh air without dust or fog.
figurative.1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xii. cxvii. 234 Th' Herb [sc. tobacco] that Cramp and Toothach drives away,..Whose Pipe's both Ventiduct, & Stove.a1658 J. Cleveland News from Newcastle 52 What need we baths? What need we bower, or grove? A Coal-pit's both a Ventiduct and Stove.
b. A conduit for the passage of wind, air, or steam.
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the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > passage, duct, or tube for conducting air
ventiduct1686
air passage1771
air tube1877
air pipe1889
airline1893
1686 Philos. Trans. 1685 (Royal Soc.) 15 922 I..discover'd in severall dry places of the ground thereabouts, many little Ventiducts, passages, or clefts, where the Steam issued forth.
1725 J. Reynolds View of Death vii. 22 This channel is called by..english miners the drift; by Mr. Boyle, the ventiduct.
1843 in C. Morfit Art of Tanning, Currying, & Leather-dressing (1853) 177 A ventiduct, made of plank,..should extend from the centre.
in extended use.1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xvi. 458 From these cold, dark ventiducts [i.e. thoroughfares] you may come out suddenly upon a bright warm corner of an open square.
2. attributive. Of a hat: = ventilatory adj.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > ventilatory
ventilatory1850
ventiduct1862
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > of or relating to ventilation > ventilated
well-aired1603
ventilated1736
aired1801
ventilatory1850
ventiduct1862
1862 Catal. Internat. Exhib., Brit. II. No. 4808 Patent corrugated ventiduct hat.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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