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transpiration

/tran-spuh-rey-shuhn/US // ˌtræn spəˈreɪ ʃən //

蒸腾作用,蒸腾,蒸气,蒸馏

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an action or instance of transpiring.
    • : Botany. the passage of water through a plant from the roots through the vascular system to the atmosphere.

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Examples

  • Plants also take up water from the ground and release it through transpiration from their leaves.

  • Instead, their leaves quickly cover walls and begin the work of transpiration.

  • First, the National Highway Transpiration Safety Administration (NHTSA) came down as hard as it could Friday on General Motors.

  • His book begins with the research for which he is best known, namely that on transpiration.

  • Small passages should likewise be left throughout the body of the work, for the transpiration of moisture.

  • The remedy for this is to spray the leaves frequently so as to keep the air about them moist and so check transpiration.

  • Warm dry air, especially when in motion, promotes the aeriform transpiration, by favouring evaporation.

  • These are,—the expired air, or the secretion of the air-cells of the lungs,—and the ordinary cutaneous transpiration.