the ending of the fixed period for which a contract is valid 期满;截止;告终 the expiration of the lease. 租约的终止。 ■the end of a period of time (一段时间的)结束;期满 the expiration of three years. 三年期满。
(technical)exhalation of breath (技)呼气;吐气
语源
late Middle English (denoting a vapour or exhalation): from Latin exspiratio(n-), from the verb exspirare (see expire)