Vent

GRE Barron TOEFL

[编辑] 解释

v.发泄 ( 情绪) ; 开孔; n.孔, 口
［英］ v.发泄 ( 情绪) ( discharge, expel) ; 开孔 ( to provide with a vent) ; n.孔, 口 ( an opening)
［例］ vent one's anger on sb. / air-conditioning vents in the ceiling ( 天花板上的空调通气口)

I. verb

Etymology: Middle English, in part from ［sup］2［/sup］vent, in part short for aventen to release (air), from Anglo-French aventer, alteration of Old French esventer to air, from es- ex- (from Latin ex-) + vent wind, from Latin ventus — more at wind
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
- 1. to provide with a vent
- 2.
  - a. to serve as a vent for <chimneys vent smoke>
  - b. discharge, expel
  - c. to give often vigorous or emotional expression to <vented her frustration on her coworkers>
- 3. to relieve by means of a vent <vented himself in a fiery letter to the editor>
intransitive verb
- to relieve oneself by venting something (as anger) <comes home from work and vents to the kids>
Synonyms: see express

II. noun

Etymology: Middle English, anus, outlet, probably from Anglo-French, wind, draft, outlet
Date: 15th century
1. an opening for the escape of a gas or liquid or for the relief of pressure: as
- a. the external opening of the rectum or cloaca ; anus
- b.
  - (1) pipe 3c, fumarole
  - (2) hydrothermal vent
- c. an opening at the breech of a muzzle-loading gun through which fire is touched to the powder
- d. chiefly Scottish chimney, flue
2. an opportunity or means of escape, passage, or release ; outlet <finally gave vent to his pent-up hostility>
? ventless adjective

III. noun

Etymology: Middle English vente, alteration of fente, from Middle French, slit, fissure, from fendre to split, from Latin findere — more at bite
Date: 15th century
a slit in a garment; specifically an opening in the lower part of a seam (as of a jacket or skirt)
? ventless adjective