| 释义 |
inspirate, v.|ˈɪnspɪreɪt|
[f. L. inspīrāt-, ppl. stem of inspīrāre to inspire.]
= inspire v. (in various senses). Hence inspirating ppl. a.
1615Crooke Body of Man 424 Hippocrates speaketh of the aer inspirated or breathed in. 1620Venner Via Recta Introd. 6 The aire which is inspirated. a1806K. White Fragm. Ode Moon iv, Bland Hope and Fancy ye were there, To inspirate my trance. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1818) I. 170 The most inspirating representation of future bliss, which my mind is capable of comprehending. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. 406 They [sc. Hottentot and Bushman] are characterised by inspirated consonants. 1964P. Delattre in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 48 It [sc. oui] can be either expirated or inspirated. |