expire

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vi. 期满, 呼气, 断气 vt. 呼出

发音

US /ɪkˈspaɪə(ɹ)/

词形变化

expired expires 三单 expires expirest expireth expiring expiring 现在分词 expired 过去式 expired 过去分词

别名

exspire

释义与例句

v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To die.

    不及物

    The patient expired in hospital.

  2. 2.

    To lapse and become invalid.

    失效

    不及物

    My library card will expire next week.

  3. 3.

    To come to an end; to conclude.

    不及物
  4. 4.

    To exhale; to breathe out.

    呼出

    及物/不及物
  5. 5.

    To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To bring to a close; to terminate.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To cause to lapse; to invalidate.

    及物 计算机 工程 数学

    The site expires cached pages that are older than 24 hours.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

go die pass exit choke perish exhale croak conk drop dead

上位词 6

turn breathe discontinue respire suspire take a breath

下位词 10

fall blow drown starve yield abort suffocate snort succumb stifle

近义相关 9

go die break fail break down give out conk out give way go bad

词源

From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin expīrō, exspīrō, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō (“breathe, be alive”).

来源：wiktionary