| 单词 | breather |
| 释义 | breather /bree"dheuhr/, n. 1. a pause, as for breath. 2. vigorous exercise that causes heavy breathing. 3. a person who breathes. 4. a vent in a container or covering, as in a casing for machinery or in a storage tank, to equalize interior and exterior pressure, permit entry of air, escape of fumes, or the like. 5. a device for providing air from the atmosphere to submerged or otherwise sealed-off persons, internal-combustion engines, etc.: the snorkel breather of a submarine. [1350-1400; ME brethere. See BREATHE, -ER1] Syn. 1. rest, break, time-out, recess, intermission. |
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