单词 | exsufflate |
释义 | exsufflatev. Obsolete exc. Historical. transitive. To blow out, blow away, also spec.: see exsufflation n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > moving air > set (air) in motion [verb (transitive)] > blow out, away, or apart overblowa1387 ventilatea1440 blast1548 difflate1590 exsufflate1666 whuffle1906 1666 G. Harvey Morbus Anglicus iv. 44 Volatil salts..being exufflated to the heart produce syncopees. 1884 E. B. Tylor in Science IV. 547 The exorcising such a demon is practised by white men as a religious rite, even including the act of exsufflating it, or blowing it away. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1666 |
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