Expire



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.期满; 去世
• ［英］ v.期满 ( cease) ;去世 ( to breathe one's last breath; die )
• ［类］ 反义词;come to life ( 苏醒)
• ［记］ ex+spire ( 呼吸) -> 出了呼吸 -> 去世

Webster Collegiate

verb (expired; expiring)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Latin; Anglo-French espirer to breathe out, from Latin exspirare, from ex- + spirare to breathe
• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to breathe one's last breath ; die
  • 2. to come to an end
  • 3. to emit the breath
• transitive verb
  • 1. obsolete conclude
  • 2. to breathe out from or as if from the lungs
  • 3. archaic emit

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