| 单词 | air passage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasair passage air passage n. a passage through which air travels; spec. (a) (in the body) the nasal passages, bronchial tubes, etc.; (b) Botany any of the large intercellular spaces in the stems and leaves of certain plants (cf. air canal n.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > respiratory passages pipec1385 suspiralc1400 windpipe1530 spirator1657 air passage1771 respiratory tract1831 airway1856 the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > [noun] > passage, duct, or tube for conducting air ventiduct1686 air passage1771 air tube1877 air pipe1889 airline1893 1771 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1 222 Filling the room with a thick, pungent, oleaginous smoke..would soon destroy them, by clogging the air passages. 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia vii. 35 Any common disease, of which the air-passages are susceptible. 1835 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 345/1 The air-passages in birds. 1885 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 12 16 They [sc. star-shaped cells] serve as a mechanical contrivance to prevent the collapse of the wide air-passages. 1907 F. E. Clements Plant Physiol. & Ecol. 166 The development of air passages is great in amphibious and floating forms, but they are normally absent from submerged plants. 1932 C. H. Chatfield & C. F. Taylor Airplane & its Engine (ed. 2) viii. 234 The air passage between the super-charger and the engine. 2000 J. Mann Murder, Magic, & Med. (rev. ed.) ii. 17 The bronchioles (numerous fine air passages in the lungs) are dilated..to allow for more efficient uptake of oxygen. < as lemmas |
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