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venting

/vent/US // vɛnt //UK // (vɛnt) //

排气,放气,发泄,通气

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an opening, as in a wall, serving as an outlet for air, smoke, fumes, or the like.
    • : an opening at the earth's surface from which volcanic material, as lava, steam, or gas, is emitted.
    • : Zoology. the anal or excretory opening of animals, especially of those below mammals, as birds and reptiles.
    • : the small opening at the breech of a gun by which fire is communicated to the charge.
    • : a means of exit or escape; an outlet, as from confinement.
    • : expression; utterance; release: to give vent to one's emotions.
    • : Obsolete. the act or fact of venting; emission or discharge.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give free play or expression to: to vent rage.
    • : to give public utterance to: to vent one's opinions.
    • : to relieve by giving expression to something: He vented his disappointment by criticizing his successor.
    • : to release or discharge.
    • : to furnish or provide with a vent or vents.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be relieved of pressure or discharged by means of a vent.
    • : to rise to the surface of the water to breathe.

Phrases

  • vent one's spleen
  • give vent to

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • At the bottom of this ocean world it is conceivable that we might find hydrothermal vents and ocean floor volcanoes.

  • There are numerous alternative hypotheses for where life began, beyond terrestrial hot springs and deep-sea vents.

  • Other scientists, however, place the starting point for Earth’s life underwater, at the deep hydrothermal vents where heated, mineral-rich water billows from cracks in the ocean floor.

  • It’s likely home to a subsurface ocean of liquid water, kept warm through tidal forces, and although Europa would still be a very extreme world, it could host life in the same ways as hydrothermal vents deep in Earth’s oceans.

  • That creates steam that quickly rises and spews through the vent.

  • But now everything was a good pretext to vent the rebellious mood.

  • Brown, meanwhile, took to Twitter to vent his frustration over the incident: And trouble seems to follow Knight wherever he goes.

  • In the midst of riots in Ferguson, Missouri, some residents took to secret-sharing app Whisper to vent.

  • British model takes to Twitter to vent frustrations with aggressive photographers.

  • Droves of attendees streamed inside to vent their emotions over the course of several days.

  • As night began to settle down over the land, the Queen Elizabeth seemed to feel the time had come to give full vent to her wrath.

  • Le lendemain matin, un coup de vent l'emporta tout seul dehors de la chaloupe dans les vagues, et jamais depuis, n'est apparu.

  • The injured and indignant animal gave vent to a succession of eldritch screams.

  • The good man was merely giving vent to his delight at being under canvas.

  • From time to time Lockhart gave vent to a grim laugh, and Spivin displayed his feelings in a too-amiable smile.