respire
英 [rɪˈspaɪə(r)]
美 [rɪˈspaɪər]
v. 呼吸
过去式：respired 现在分词：respiring 第三人称单数：respires 过去分词：respired
BNC.47267 / COCA.41895
牛津词典
verb
- 呼吸
to breathe
英英释义
verb
- draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
- I can breathe better when the air is clean
- The patient is respiring
- undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
- breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety