respire

• vt. 呼吸
• vi. 呼吸

re-,表反复，-spir,呼吸，吸气，词源同 spirit,suspire.

respire

respire: see spirit

respire (v.)

late 14c., from Old French respirer (12c.), from Latin respirare "breathe again, breathe in and out," from re- "again" (see re-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). Related: Respired; respiring.

1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

2. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide

3. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs;

"I can breathe better when the air is clean"

"The patient is respiring"

D : Now , the quicker a fruit or vegetable respires, the quicker it ripens.

水果或者蔬菜的呼吸作用越强烈, 它成熟的就越快.

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