单词 | exhaling |
释义 | exhalingn. The action of exhale v.1; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > becoming or making into gas > [noun] > becoming or making into vapour > evaporation evaporationa1398 exhalation1398 consumptiona1400 vapouring1548 transpiration1562 divaporation1617 exhalinga1618 expiration1626 exhalement1646 perspiration1652 transpiring1670 aerification1790 a1618 J. Sylvester Tobacco Battered in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1146 Those that..Offend the Nose, with filthy Fumes exhalings. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §333 The fifth [means to induce Putrefaction] is..by the Exhaling..of the Principal Spirits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2018). exhalingadj. That exhales; in senses of the verb. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting as a vapour exhaling1660 exhalant1883 the world > matter > liquid > moisture or humidity > [adjective] > that emits or relating to moist vapour reekingOE reekya1500 evaporating1597 steaminga1637 steamy1644 exhaling1766 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxii. 178 The exhaling and imprison'd steams. 1766 W. Hamilton in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 154 Evaporation is vastly promoted by a current of fresh air passing over the exhaling surface. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 289 Moisture, by the exhaling vessels, may be conveyed to the extravasated fluids. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy II. 357 Exhaling fumes prevented him from approaching the upper crater. 1890 Spectator 15 Mar. An ever-dwindling and exhaling experience of the conscience. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1618adj.1660 |
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