英语词汇“expire”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	expire
释义	ex·pire \ikˈspīr, ek-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English expiren, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French expirer, from Latin expirare, exspirare, from ex- ex- (I) + spirare to breathe — more at spirit *intransitive verb* 1. : to breathe one's last breath : die < was carried home by his two old counselors and soon expired — D.G.Hoffman > 2. : to come to an end : cease: a. : to reach a close (as of a period of time) : terminate < the period of ten years for which the court was established expired in 1918 — B.H.Williams > b. : to become void through the passage of time < now all his powerful patents have expired — C.B.Fisher > c. : to become extinct : die out < the title of the daughters expired on the birth of the son — William Cruise > 3. : to emit the breath < the whales … expired with a rushing sound the instant the blowhole was exposed — P.H.Gosse > 4. obsolete : to burst forth : fly out with or as if with a blast < furious winds … pent in blind caverns, struggling to expire — George Sandys > *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : to breathe out in the act of dying < as soon as their apostle had expired his last breath — Jeremy Taylor > 2. obsolete : to bring to an end : conclude < would expire the misery of his unspeakable tormenting uncertainty — Thomas Nash > 3. : to breathe out from or as if from the lungs : release from the nose or mouth in the process of respiration < the basal metabolism test … measures the amount of carbon dioxide expired by the lungs — J.D.Ratcliff > — distinguished from inspire 4. archaic : to give off : exhale, emit < every shrub expires perfume — Charles Churchill >
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