| 单词 | breathing hole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbreathing hole breathing hole n. a hole or vent for breathing or ventilation; spec. a hole in the ice where a seal or other aquatic mammal surfaces to breathe. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [noun] > supplying fresh air or ventilation > ventilator > ventilation opening or hole breathinga1387 suspiralc1430 breathing hole?1440 wind-ventc1450 air hole1601 spiracle1620 ventage1623 spirament1654 wind-hole1683 spiraculuma1734 blowhole1858 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) vii. l. 201 Brethingholes [L. spiraculi] smale is hem [sc. bees in hive] to gete. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Naseaux..the breathing holes of the nose, the nosethrill. 1654 Expert Gardener 30 in T. Barker Country-mans Recreation Stop every where..all the goings Forth, and breathing holes of the Mole, that by those the fuming smoke in no manner may issue out. 1832 R. Mudie Pop. Guide Observ. Nature viii. 284 The Esquimaux..watch the seals at their breathing-holes for fresh provisions. 1843 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals Gloss. 383 Peritrema, the raised margin which surrounds the breathing holes of scorpions. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) viii. 259 Unlike other Greenland seal species, the ringed seal winters off the Greenland coast under the ice, by opening breathing holes through the ice. < as lemmas |
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