| 单词 | respire |
| 释义 | respire (once / 1207 pages) v To respire is to breathe in and out. After a calf is born, a farmer might watch it respire for a while to make sure it's okay. While you can use the verb respire simply to mean "breathe," it's most often used in a medical or scientific context. A nurse might worry about the rate at which a patient respires, and a biologist might discuss the way a plant respires at night, when light doesn't reach its leaves. The Latin root, respirare, means "breathe again" or "breathe in and out," from re-, "again," and spirare, "to breathe." WORD FAMILYrespire: respiration, respirator, respiratory, respired, respires, respiring+/respiration: respirations/respirator: respirators USAGE EXAMPLES"The soils and ecosystem are respiring so as temperatures increase they respire more, releasing more CO2 into the atmosphere," said Dr Keenan. BBC(Nov 08, 2016) It may be respired into the atmosphere, or be redeposited on riverbanks farther downstream. Nature(Sep 25, 2016) The need to respire means abundant oxygen is a necessary precondition for large animals to come into existence. Economist(Jul 28, 2016) 1v draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs The patient is respiring Syn|Hypo breathe, suspire, take a breath choke breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion hyperventilatebreathe excessively hard and fast hiccough, hiccupbreathe spasmodically, and make a sound sigh, suspireheave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily breathe out, exhale, expireexpel air breathe in, inhale, inspiredraw in (air) wheezebreathe with difficulty yawnutter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired saw logs, saw wood, snorebreathe noisily during one's sleep aspiratesuck in (air) snortmake a snorting sound by exhaling hard blowexhale hard sniff, sniffleinhale audibly through the nose snivel, snufflesnuff up mucus through the nose snuffinhale audibly through the nose drag, draw, puffsuck in or take (air) huff, snortinhale recreational drugs 2v breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety Syn|Hyper breathe, suspire, take a breath draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs breathe, suspire, take a breath draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs 3v undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide Syn|Hyper breathe, suspire, take a breath draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs undergo pass through |
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