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单词 exhale
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exhale

[ eks-heyl, ek-seyl ]
/ ɛksˈheɪl, ɛkˈseɪl /
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verb (used without object), ex·haled, ex·hal·ing.

to emit breath or vapor; breathe out.
to pass off as vapor; pass off as an effluence.

verb (used with object), ex·haled, ex·hal·ing.

to breathe out; emit (air, vapor, sound, etc.): to exhale a sigh.
to give off as vapor: The engine exhaled steam.
to draw out as a vapor or effluence; evaporate.

Origin of exhale

1350–1400; Middle English exalen<Latin exhālāre, equivalent to ex-ex-1 + hālāre to breathe

OTHER WORDS FROM exhale

un·ex·haled, adjective

Words nearby exhale

exfoliative dermatitis, exfoliative gastritis, ex gratia, exhalant, exhalation, exhale, exhaust, exhausted, exhaust fan, exhaust-gas recirculation, exhausting
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British Dictionary definitions for exhale

exhale
/ (ɛksˈheɪl, ɪɡˈzeɪl) /

verb

to expel (breath, tobacco smoke, etc) from the lungs; breathe out
to give off (air, vapour, fumes, etc) or (of air, vapour, etc) to be given off; emanate

Derived forms of exhale

exhalable, adjectiveexhalation, noun

Word Origin for exhale

C14: from Latin exhālāre to breathe out, from hālāre to breathe
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for exhale

exhale
[ ĕks-hāl, ĕk-sāl ]

v.

To breathe out.
To emit a gas, vapor, or odor.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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