Sneeze

[sniːz] or [sniz]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose.

(verb.) exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose; 'Pepper makes me sneeze'.

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解釋/意思:

(v. i.) To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose.

(n.) A sudden and violent ejection of air with an audible sound, chiefly through the nose.

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解釋/意思:

v.i. to make a sudden and involuntary violent expiration preceded by one or more inspirations the fauces being generally closed so that the current of air is directed through the nose.—n. a sneezing.—ns. Sneeze′weed any species of Helenium; Sneeze′wood the durable wood of a small South African tree whose sawdust causes sneezing: Sneeze′wort the white hellebore: the Achillea Ptarmica; Sneez′ing.—Not to be sneezed at not to be despised of very considerable value or importance.

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