ventilate

ventilate
verb
[with obj.]

cause air to enter and circulate freely in (a room, building, etc.)
使（房间、建筑物等）通风，使空气流通
[as adj., in combination -ventilated]gas heaters should only ever be used in well-ventilated rooms.
煤气炉应当只在通风良好的房间里使用。
■(of air) purify or freshen (something) by blowing on or through it
（风）把…吹得干净（或清爽）
a colossus ventilated by the dawn breeze.
被黎明时的微风吹得洁净的巨像。
■(Medicine)subject to artificial respiration
(医)给…做人工呼吸
■(archaic)oxygenate (the blood)
(古)使（血液）充氧
■(informal)kill (someone) by shooting
(非正式)射杀
I pull out a gun and ventilate her dinner companion.
我拔出枪，把和她一起吃饭的同伴打死。
discuss or examine (an opinion, issue, complaint, etc.) in public
公开讨论（或调查）（意见、问题、抱怨等）
he used the club to ventilate an ongoing complaint.
他利用俱乐部讨论眼下的一种怨言。

语源

late Middle English (in the sense 'winnow, scatter'): from Latin ventilat- 'blown, winnowed', from the verb ventilare, from ventus 'wind'. The sense ‘cause air to circulate in’ dates from the mid 18th cent

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