Ventilate
['ventɪleɪt] or ['vɛntɪlet]
解释:
(verb.) furnish with an opening to allow air to circulate or gas to escape; 'The architect did not think about ventilating the storage space'.
(verb.) circulate through and freshen; 'The gust of air ventilated the room'.
(verb.) expose to the circulation of fresh air so as to retard spoilage; 'Wheat should be well ventilated'.
吉纳维芙校对--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To open and expose to the free passage of air; to supply with fresh air, and remove impure air from; to air; as, to ventilate a room; to ventilate a cellar; to ventilate a mine.
(v. t.) To provide with a vent, or escape, for air, gas, etc.; as, to ventilate a mold, or a water-wheel bucket.
(v. t.) To change or renew, as the air of a room.
(v. t.) To winnow; to fan; as, to ventilate wheat.
(v. t.) To sift and examine; to bring out, and subject to penetrating scrutiny; to expose to examination and discussion; as, to ventilate questions of policy.
(v. t.) To give vent; to utter; to make public.
艾伦录入
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Air.[2]. [Now colloquial, but formerly in good use.] Examine, sift, scrutinize, discuss, canvass.
坎蒂丝手打
解释:
v.t. to fan with wind: to open to the free passage of air: to cause fresh air to pass through: to expose to examination and discussion: to make public.—adj. Ven′tilable.—ns. Ventilā′brum flabellum; Ventilā′tion act or art of ventilating: state of being ventilated: free exposure to air: supply of air: act of examining and making public: public exposure.—adj. Ven′tilātive.—n. Ven′tilātor that which ventilates: a contrivance for introducing fresh air.
哈恩编辑
例句:
- If a waterfall is convenient, air is compressed by the body of descending water, and used to ventilate tunnels, and deep shafts and mines, or drive the drills or other tools. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- There seems to have been as many devices invented to keep a house or building closed up tight while highly heating it, as to ventilate the same and preserve an even, moderate temperature. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- They seem to have been of a most interesting character--dummy bell-ropes, and ventilators which do not ventilate. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The window was open at the top, so as to ventilate the room. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The compressed air conveyed to the drill in the tunnel or mine not only operates the drill, but helps to ventilate the tunnel. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Ventilate on the sheltered side of the house. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- But all mines must be ventilated by forcing air through them with a fan, and this air must be in sufficient quantity to keep the percentage of gas below a dangerous standard. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The rooms are light, thoroughly ventilated, and cleaned at the end of each day. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- It keeps the processes of politics well ventilated and reminds politicians of their excuse for existence. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- He reached down and pulled the light automatic rifle with its ventilated barrel, really a submachine gun built to take the 9 mm. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- The Windhausen machine was one of the earliest applications for _cooling_ and _ventilating_ ships. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The heating and ventilating of the factory building is accomplished in a modern, scientific manner. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
安德里亚录入