Ventilate



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解释

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• v.使...通风, 透风
• ［英］ v.使...通风, 透风 ( to cause fresh air to circulate through)
• ［记］ vent ( 通气口) +ilate -> 通风
• ［例］ a badly ventilated house ( 通风不好的房屋)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (-lated; -lating)

• Etymology: Middle English, discussed, aired, from Late Latin ventilatus, past participle of ventilare, from Latin, to fan, winnow, from ventus wind — more at wind
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. to examine, discuss, or investigate freely and openly ; expose <ventilating family quarrels in public>
  • b. to make public ; utter <ventilated their objections at length>
• 2. archaic to free from chaff by winnowing
• 3.
  • a. to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing <ventilate stored grain>; also oxygenate, aerate <ventilate blood in the lungs>
  • b. to subject the lungs to ventilation <artificially ventilate a patient in respiratory distress>
• 4.
  • a. of a current of air to pass or circulate through so as to freshen
  • b. to cause fresh air to circulate through (as a room or mine)
• 5. to provide an opening in (a burning structure) to permit escape of smoke and heat

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