Expiration
[,ekspɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛkspə'reʃən]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of expiring
(n.) The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth; as, respiration consists of inspiration and expiration; -- opposed to inspiration.
(n.) Emission of volatile matter; exhalation.
(n.) The last emission of breath; death.
(n.) A coming to a close; cessation; extinction; termination; end.
(n.) That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound.
手打:尤赖亚
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Emission of breath.[2]. Death, decease, demise.[3]. Termination, cessation, close, end, conclusion.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Worcester also wrote in high spirits; stating that nothing should detain him in Spain an hour after the expiration of twelve months. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Upon their expiration--not before--I had meant to set myself right with my Cinderella. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I determined to make no resolutions until the expiration of those three months, but to try. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The axles are continually moving through this oven, and at the expiration of about forty-five minutes emerge from the far end completely baked. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- We accordingly determined to commence our journey towards the north at the expiration of another month. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- I should be very grateful if you would liberate me as soon as possible, without waiting for the expiration of the month's notice. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- At this time, however, the patent had only about a year of life left, owing to the expiration of the corresponding English patent. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Ten minutes sufficed for the completion of his toilet, and at the expiration of that time he was by the old gentleman's side. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- At the expiration of that time he died, I suppose,' said Mr. Pickwick. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr. Pickwick at the expiration of the quarter of an hour, went down to breakfast. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Carrying out which intention, he presented himself before her at the expiration of a month, in rags, without shoes, and much more tired than ever. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Since the expiration of the Bell patents many smaller companies have sprung up, and the number of telephones in use has more than doubled in the last five years. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- They took a lodging in the house where I lived, for a week; at the expiration of which time they were to start for Plymouth. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This letter in a degree recalled me to life, and I determined to quit my island at the expiration of two days. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- This was at the expiration of about six weeks. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
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