单词 | to breathe out |
释义 | > as lemmasto breathe out to breathe out 1. a. transitive. to breathe out one's life (also soul, spirit, etc.): to die, expire. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [verb (transitive)] fetcha1200 to breathe out one's lifea1382 passc1540 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Lament. ii. 12 Whan thei shulde brethen out ther soulis [L. exhalarent animas suas] in the bosum of ther modris. a1593 C. Marlowe Massacre at Paris (c1600) sig. C7 Breath out that life wherein my death was hid. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 331 And striuing with the pangs of death halfe a day, he then breathed out his gastly ghost. 1798 J. Smith Life St. Columba 131 He immediately breathed out his spirit; but still retained the tranquil smile, the brightness and the fresh look of his countenance. 1822 S. Rogers Italy: Pt. 1st i. 10 That dungeon-fortress..Where..Toussaint breathed out his brave and generous spirit. 1944 Bronxville (N.Y.) Review-Press 27 Apr. 4/2 It is no small matter that a man is called from the bosom of his family..perhaps to breathe out his life on some foreign soil. b. transitive. To exhale (air, smoke, etc.); to expel from the lungs by exhalation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (transitive)] fnastc1400 to breathe out1556 outbreathe1563 aspire1575 exhale1589 expire1590 expirate1615 spirate1649 spire1649 1556 T. Hill tr. B. Cocles Brief Epitomye Phisiognomie sig. C.vv Because the voyce heauye, procedeth of the debylitie of the vertue, which can not breathe oute plentifulnes of aire to moue the muscles of the breaste. 1650 T. Venner Via Recta (rev. ed.) i. 7 Supposing that all the aire breathed in is not again expirated, or breathed out, but some of it remaine. 1791 Analyt. Rev. Dec. 376 The person who was smoking drew in some hearty whiffs, then..he breathed out volumes of smoke. 1855 W. Hooker First Bk. in Physiol. (1869) v. 68 They..used up the air, and the carbonic acid gas which they breathed out from their lungs, took its place in the cabin. 2000 Providence (Rhode Island) Jrnl.-Bull. (Nexis) 5 Feb. Every warm-blooded creature breathes out air that is warmer than the winter atmosphere. c. intransitive. To exhale; to expel air from the lungs by exhalation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > exhalation > exhale [verb (intransitive)] breathea1382 spirea1382 blazec1384 inspire1513 tuff?1553 to breathe out1576 huff1582 expire1633 outbreathe1638 aspirec1750 exhale1863 1576 L. Tomson tr. P. de la Place Treat. Excellencie of Christian Man sig. C.vv We al feele the motion of the ayre, wherby we both drawe in our breath, and breathe out. 1764 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. (ed. 2) IV. 3336/2 When..the person breathes out through the middle fosset, the valve I N closes the hole L. 1826 Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. 4 248 Now breathe out through the mouth as much as you can, still holding the nose. 1963 R. Stow Tourmaline (1991) viii. 110 ‘Hell, you scared me,’ he said at length, lying back again and breathing out heavily through his nostrils. 2006 M. O'Farrell Vanishing Act Esme Lennox 90 She breathes in and she breathes out and she listens to the shushing noise of it. 2. transitive. To give off or emit (steam, vapour, a smell, etc.). Formerly also intransitive: †(of steam, vapour, etc.) to be produced or emitted (obsolete). ΚΠ ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 10v (MED) [Bones of the skull] be conioyned wiþ seratile comissure, þat vapours may breþe out [L. expirare] fro þe selfe brayn. 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 198 Heet them..in a vessel diligently couered, that nothyng breeth out by any meanes. 1579 J. Ludham tr. A. Hyperius Course of Christianitie Ep. Ded. sig. *iijv The earth oftetimes trembling and quaking, not seldome times breathing out pestilent vapours and exhalations. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. vii. 196 In carcasses warme, and bodies newly disanimated..there doe exhale and breathe out vaporous and fluid parts. 1865 S. W. Lander Spectacles for Young Eyes: Rome (1866) vii. 104 A mingling of sea and volcano, which is a strange combination; and ought to breathe out poisonous gas and steam. 1874 ‘Ouida’ Bébée iv. 52 The great gillyflowers breathed out fragrance in the dusk. 2011 C. Ryan Trad. Constr. for Sustainable Future v. 248 An existing traditional building whose walls are not only capable of acting as a thermal store but also of breathing out noxious gases. 3. transitive. To give passionate or vehement expression to (something); to pronounce; to proclaim. Also more generally: to say or communicate (something). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > announce or proclaim [verb (transitive)] kithec725 i-bedea800 abedeeOE bid971 deemOE bodea1000 tellOE clepec1275 to tell outa1382 denouncec1384 publishc1384 descryc1390 pronouncec1390 proclaima1393 sound1412 proclaim?a1425 renouncea1425 announcec1429 preconize?1440 announce1483 reclaim?1503 call1523 to speak forth1526 annunciate1533 protest1533 to breathe out1535 denouncec1540 enact1611 deblazon1621 deblaze1640 advise1647 apostolize1652 indigitatea1670 enounce1807 voice1850 norate1851 enunciate1864 post1961 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Acts ix. A Saul was yet breathinge out threatnynges and slaughter agaynst the disciples of the Lorde. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Duc Both..now and then breath out horrible shrikes. 1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 3 He breathes out reproaches. 1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 10 It was his last Wish..He breathed it out, and gave up the Ghost. a1865 E. C. Gaskell Wives & Daughters (1866) I. xxi. 237 Every inflexion of the voice breathed out..admiration! 1906 Evening News 20 July 2/5 ‘That's not quite true, Jack,’ she breathed out rapidly. 2004 New Yorker 1 Mar. 46/1 One more of the unbound journalists who hammered home their complaints and objurgations, breathing out vitriol. < as lemmas |
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