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exhaustible

/ig-zawst/US // ɪgˈzɔst //UK // (ɪɡˈzɔːst) //

用尽,罄竹难书,穷尽的,穷尽

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
    • : to use up or consume completely; expend the whole of: He exhausted a fortune in stock-market speculation.
    • : to draw out all that is essential in; treat or study thoroughly.
    • : to empty by drawing out the contents: to exhaust a tank of fuel oil.
    • : to create a vacuum in.
    • : to draw out or drain off completely.
    • : to deprive wholly of useful or essential properties, possessions, resources, etc.
    • : Chemistry, Pharmacology. to deprive of ingredients by the use of solvents, as a drug.
    • : to destroy the fertility of, as by intensive cultivation.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to pass out or escape, as spent steam from the cylinder of an engine.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Machinery.

    • : the escape of steam or gases from the cylinder of an engine.
    • : the steam or gases ejected.
    • : Also called exhaust system. the parts of an engine through which the exhaust is ejected.

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Examples

  • Fresh oxygen needs to be taken on board and the accumulated carbon monoxide, together with the exhaust that comes from running the diesel generators, must be extracted.

  • Yes, it’s pricey, but because it has vented exhaust, it’s safe to use all night long.

  • The amount of digital exhaust has increased drastically over the last few years.

  • So, we have the car engine out in an open courtyard with the exhaust pointing away from any access points to the room, and then to double-check that none of the exhaust accidentally bleeds in, we measure the CO2 levels of the room.

  • The fuel tank and exhaust also went in the recycling bin, and a 60kWh lithium-ion battery pack was mounted in the Blazer's cargo area.

  • For by another paradox—this time not of art but of nature—the extraordinary is exhaustible and the ordinary is not.

  • Conservation comprehends the substitution as far as possible of materials for those that are exhaustible.

  • A hundred thousand pioneers with energy, courage, and perseverance scarcely less exhaustible than the soil they cultivated!

  • Yet, let it not be thought that I regard the mind of England as exhausted, or even as exhaustible.

  • Comes he to that power, his genius is no longer exhaustible.