vent

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n. 排气口, 出口, 通风孔, 发泄 vt. 发泄, 排出, 给...开孔

发音

US /vɛnt/

词形变化

vents 复数 vents 三单 venting 现在分词 vented 过去式 vented 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.

    the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould

  2. 2.

    A small aperture.

  3. 3.

    An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.

  4. 4.

    A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.

  5. 5.

    The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.

  6. 6.

    A slit in the seam of a garment.

  7. 7.

    The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.

  8. 8.

    In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.

  9. 9.

    Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.

  10. 10.

    Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.

  11. 11.

    Discharge, efflux

    废旧 罕用 医学
  12. 1.

    Ventriloquism.

  13. 1.

    A baiting place; an inn.

    废旧
  14. 1.

    Clipping of ventilation or ventilator.

    非正式 医学

    I have adjusted the vent settings.

v.
  1. 1.

    To allow gases to escape.

    不及物

    The stove vents to the outside.

  2. 2.

    To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).

    及物
  3. 3.

    To allow to escape through a vent.

    及物

    Exhaust is vented to the outside.

  4. 4.

    To express a strong emotion.

    发泄

    不及物 及物

    He vents his anger violently.

    Can we talk? I need to vent.

  5. 5.

    To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.

  6. 6.

    To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To use a vent in the video game Among Us.

    不及物 俚语 游戏
  8. 1.

    To sell; to vend.

  9. 1.

    To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.

    非正式 医学

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词源

Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.

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