Ventilate

['ventɪleɪt] or ['vɛntɪlet]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

吉纳维芙校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

艾伦錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Air.[2]. [Now colloquial, but formerly in good use.] Examine, sift, scrutinize, discuss, canvass.

坎蒂丝手打

解釋/意思:

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.

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