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respire

/ri-spahyuhr/US // rɪˈspaɪər //UK // (rɪˈspaɪə) //

呼吸,呼吸作用,呼吸道

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·spired, re·spir·ing.

    • : to inhale and exhale air for the purpose of maintaining life; breathe.
    • : to breathe freely again, after anxiety, trouble, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·spired, re·spir·ing.

    • : to breathe; inhale and exhale.
    • : to exhale.

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Examples

  • With what eagerness did I run every morning at sunrise to respire the perfumed air in the peristyle!

  • Auprs de cette grotte sombre O l'on respire un air si doux, L'onde lutte avec les cailloux, Et la lumire avec que l'ombre.

  • The moment after I began to respire twenty quarts of unmingled nitrous oxide.

  • There was in the room an intermittent positive pressure breathing apparatus, which can be used to respire for a patient.

  • Moreover, in many instances, a great proportion of the larger scholars will respire the estimated quantity of air.