respire

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈspʌɪə/    美 /ɹɪˈspaɪɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rest, respite. obsolete
    — He cast to suffer him no more respire, But gan his sturdie sterne about to weld, And him so strongly stroke, that to the ground him feld.
动词 v.
  1. To breathe in and out successively. intransitive
  2. To breathe in and out successively.; To recover one's breath or breathe easily following stress. intransitive
    — The breath of heav'n fresh-blowing, pure and sweet, / With day-spring born; here leave me to respire.
  3. To take up oxygen and produce carbon dioxide (as animals do), or vice versa (as plants do). intransitive
    — All living things respire or breathe. To many of us this means that they take in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide.
  4. To (inhale and) exhale; to breathe. transitive
    — It is my opinion, that these animals, while they continue in the state of larvae, respire water and not air; and that they inspire the water, not by the mask, but by their posterior part, through which also they discharge it.
  5. To recover hope, courage, or strength after a time of difficulty. archaic,intransitive

词形变化

respires present,singular,third-person respiring participle,present respired participle,past respired past

词汇关系

衍生词
nonrespiring photorespire respirable respiratory respiring respiro- respirocyte respirometer respirometry unrespired
相关词
respiration respirability respirableness respirative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English respiren, borrowed from Old French respirer or Latin respīrō (“to blow back, breathe out”), from re- (“back”) + spīrō (“to breathe, blow”).
词源 2
From Middle English respiren, borrowed from Old French respirer or Latin respīrō (“to blow back, breathe out”), from re- (“back”) + spīrō (“to breathe, blow”).
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