exhaust
exhaust
[ɪgˈzɔːst, ɛg-]
verb
[with obj.]
exhauster
noun
exhaustibility
[-ˈbɪlɪti]
noun
exhaustible
adjective
exhaustingly
adverb
语源
[ɪgˈzɔːst, ɛg-]
verb
[with obj.]
- drain (someone) of their physical or mental resources; tire out
使精疲力竭；使绞尽脑汁
her day out had exhausted her.
外出一天使她精疲力竭。
[as adj. exhausting]it had been a long and exhausting day.
那是十分漫长，让人疲惫不堪的一天。 - use up (resources or reserves) completely
耗尽（资源，储备物）
the country has exhausted its treasury reserves.
该国财源已经耗尽。
■expound on, write about, or explore (a subject or options) so fully that there is nothing further to be said or discovered
详尽无遗地论述（某一题目）；对（各种选择）进行穷尽性探究
she seemed to have exhausted all permissible topics of conversation.
她似乎已将能谈的话题都谈尽了。 - expel (gas or steam) from or into a particular place
排光（气体，蒸汽）
- [mass noun]waste gases or air expelled from an engine, turbine, or other machine in the course of its operation
废气
buses spewing out black clouds of exhaust.
喷着团团黑色浓烟的公共汽车。
[as modifier]exhaust fumes.
排烟。
■[count noun]the system through which such gases are expelled
排气系统
[as modifier]an exhaust pipe.
排气管。
exhauster
noun
exhaustibility
[-ˈbɪlɪti]
noun
exhaustible
adjective
exhaustingly
adverb
语源
- mid 16th cent. (in the general sense 'draw off or out'): from Latin exhaust- 'drained out', from the verb exhaurire, from ex- 'out' + haurire 'draw (water), drain'
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