respire

英 [rɪ'spaɪə(r)] 美 [rɪ'spaɪər]

• v. 〈正式或文〉（人）呼吸；（植物）呼吸；松口气

英英释义

Verb:

1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

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

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

   "I can breathe better when the air is clean"
   "The patient is respiring"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• breathe 呼吸
• inhale 吸入
• exhale 呼气
• take a breath 深深地吸一口气...
• suspire 呼吸