transpire

verb

/trænˈspaɪə(r)/

/trænˈspaɪər/

(formal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they transpire	/trænˈspaɪə(r)/ /trænˈspaɪər/
he / she / it transpires	/trænˈspaɪəz/ /trænˈspaɪərz/
past simple transpired	/trænˈspaɪəd/ /trænˈspaɪərd/
past participle transpired	/trænˈspaɪəd/ /trænˈspaɪərd/
-ing form transpiring	/trænˈspaɪərɪŋ/ /trænˈspaɪərɪŋ/

[transitive] (not usually used in the progressive tenses通常不用于进行时) transpire that… if it transpires that something has happened or is true, it is known or has been shown to be true公开；透露；为人所知
- It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank.据报这伙歹徒在银行里有内应。
- This story, it later transpired, was untrue.后来得知，此事纯属凭空假造。
[intransitive] to happen发生
- You're meeting him tomorrow? Let me know what transpires.你明天和他见面吗？把见面的情况告诉我。
[intransitive, transitive] transpire (something) (biology生物) when plants or leaves transpire, water passes out from their surface（植物）水分蒸发，蒸腾

词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘emit as vapour through the surface’): from French transpirer or medieval Latin transpirare, from Latin trans- ‘through’ + spirare ‘breathe’. Senses 1 and 2 (mid 18th cent.) are figurative uses comparable with “leak out”.