exhale
verb /eksˈheɪl/
/eksˈheɪl/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they exhale | /eksˈheɪl/ /eksˈheɪl/ |
| he / she / it exhales | /eksˈheɪlz/ /eksˈheɪlz/ |
| past simple exhaled | /eksˈheɪld/ /eksˈheɪld/ |
| past participle exhaled | /eksˈheɪld/ /eksˈheɪld/ |
| -ing form exhaling | /eksˈheɪlɪŋ/ /eksˈheɪlɪŋ/ |
- to breathe out the air or smoke, etc. in your lungs
呼出，吐出（肺中的空气、烟等）；呼气 - He sat back and exhaled deeply.
他仰坐着深深地呼气。 - exhale something She exhaled the smoke through her nose.
她从鼻子里喷出烟雾。
Collocations DictionaryExhale is used with these nouns as the object:- breath
- smoke
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘be given off as vapour’): from Old French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex- ‘out’ + halare ‘breathe’. - He sat back and exhaled deeply.