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

vent¹ /vent/

noun

An opening, aperture

An airhole

A touch hole for firing a cannon, etc

An outlet

A volcanic orifice

An animal's or bird's anus

A chimney flue (Scot)

An outlet

An emission, discharge or escape, esp of gas, smoke or a liquid

An otter's rise to the surface for breath

The opening in a parachute canopy through which air escapes at a controlled rate

transitive verb

To give a vent or opening to

To let out, as at a vent

To allow to escape

To publish, utter (archaic)

To discharge, emit, pour forth

To scent

To sniff at

To lift or open so as to admit air (Spenser)

intransitive verb

To have or find an outlet

To discharge smoke, to function as a chimney, draw (Scot)

To sniff or snuff

(of a beaver or otter) to take breath or rise for breath

ORIGIN: Fr, from L ventus wind; partly Fr éventer to expose to air; associated with vent² and vent³

ventˈage or ventˈige noun (Shakespeare)

ventˈed adjective

ventˈer noun (obsolete)

A person who utters or publishes

ventˈiduct noun

(L dūcere, ductum to lead) a ventilating pipe or passage

ventˈing noun and adjective

ventˈless adjective

ventˈ-hole noun

A hole for admission or escape of air, fumes, etc, or to admit light

ventˈ-peg or ventˈ-plug noun

A plug for stopping the vent of a barrel

ventˈ-pipe noun

An escape-pipe, eg for steam or foul gases

give vent to

vent1 /vent/