irrespirable
形容词 adj.
英 /ɪɹɪˈspaɪɹəb(ə)l/|/ɪˈɹɛspɪɹəb(ə)l/
美 /ɪɹɪˈspaɪɹəb(ə)l/|/ɪˈɹɛspɪɹəb(ə)l/
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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Not respirable; not suitable for breathing; unbreathable.
— The air was growing fouler and more irrespirable, with a thick, sodden quality, as if from a sediment of material rottenness; and we had about decided to turn back.
词源
Either:
* from ir- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + respirable; or
* borrowed from French irrespirable, from Late Latin irrespīrābilis, from Latin ir- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + respīrāre + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able to be’). Respīrāre is the present active infinitive of respīrō (“to blow or breathe back; to breathe, respire; to breathe out, exhale”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + spīrō (“to blow; to breathe, respire; to breathe out, exhale”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)).
* from ir- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + respirable; or
* borrowed from French irrespirable, from Late Latin irrespīrābilis, from Latin ir- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + respīrāre + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able to be’). Respīrāre is the present active infinitive of respīrō (“to blow or breathe back; to breathe, respire; to breathe out, exhale”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + spīrō (“to blow; to breathe, respire; to breathe out, exhale”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)).
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