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vent 音標拼音: [v'ɛnt] n. 排氣口,出口,通風孔,發泄
vt. 發泄,排出,給…開孔 排氣口,出口,通風孔,發泄發泄,排出,給…開孔 vent n 1: a hole for the escape of gas or air [ synonym: { vent}, { venthole}, { vent- hole}, { blowhole}] 2: external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate 3: a fissure in the earth' s crust ( or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt [ synonym: { vent}, { volcano}] 4: a slit in a garment ( as in the back seam of a jacket) 5: activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; " she had no other outlet for her feelings"; " he gave vent to his anger" [ synonym: { release}, { outlet}, { vent}] v 1: give expression or utterance to; " She vented her anger"; " The graduates gave vent to cheers" [ synonym: { vent}, { ventilate}, { give vent}] 2: expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; " air the old winter clothes"; " air out the smoke- filled rooms" [ synonym: { vent}, { ventilate}, { air out}, { air}] Vent \ Vent\ ( v[ e^] nt), n. [ F. vente, fr. L. vendere, - itum, to sell; perh. confused with E. vent an opening. See { Vend}.] Sale; opportunity to sell; market. [ Obs.] -- Shelton. [ 1913 Webster] There is no vent for any commodity but of wool. -- Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster]
Vent \ Vent\, v. t. To sell; to vend. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Therefore did those nations vent such spice. -- Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster]
Vent \ Vent\, n. [ Sp. venta a poor inn, sale, market. See { Vent} sale.] A baiting place; an inn. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Vent \ Vent\, v. i. [ Cf. F. venter to blow, vent wind ( see { Ventilate}); but prob influenced by E. vent an opening.] To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
Vent \ Vent\ ( v[ e^] nt), n. [ OE. fent, fente, a slit, F. fente a slit, cleft, fissure, from fendre to split, L. findere; but probably confused with F. vent wind, L. ventus. See { Fissure}, and cf. Vent to snuff.] 1. A small aperture; a hole or passage for air or any fluid to escape; as, the vent of a cask; the vent of a mold; a volcanic vent. [ 1913 Webster] Look, how thy wounds do bleed at many vents. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Long ' t was doubtful, both so closely pent, Which first should issue from the narrow vent. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: [ 1913 Webster] ( a) ( Zool.) The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also, the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many fishes. [ 1913 Webster] ( b) ( Gun.) The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole. [ 1913 Webster] ( c) ( Steam Boilers) Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance. [ 1913 Webster] Without the vent of words. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Thou didst make tolerable vent of thy travel. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { To give vent to}, to suffer to escape; to let out; to pour forth; as, to give vent to anger. { To take vent}, to escape; to be made public. [ R.] { Vent feather} ( Zool.), one of the anal, or crissal, feathers of a bird. { Vent field} ( Gun.), a flat raised surface around a vent. { Vent piece}. ( Gun.) ( a) A bush. See 4th { Bush}, n., 2. ( b) A breech block. [ 1913 Webster]
Vent \ Vent\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Vented}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Venting}.] 1. To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage or outlet to. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint. [ 1913 Webster] The queen of heaven did thus her fury vent. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To utter; to report; to publish. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] Thou hast framed and vented very curious orations. -- Barrow. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To scent, as a hound. [ Obs.] -- Turbervile. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a mold. [ 1913 Webster] [ 1913 Webster] 203 Moby Thesaurus words for " vent": air, air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, announce, aperture, armhole, articulate, articulation, assert, avenue, blow, blow out, blowhole, blurt out, break, break it to, break the news, breakout, breathe, breathing hole, broadcast, brolly, bullet- hole, bunghole, cast out, channel, chute, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, come out with, communicate, confide, confide to, cringle, deadeye, debouch, declare, defecate, deliverance, delivery, deplete, discharge, divulgate, divulge, door, drain, drogue chute, duct, dump, egress, eject, eliminate, emanation, emergence, emersion, emission, emit, empty, empty out, emunctory, enunciate, escape, escapism, estuary, evacuate, evasion, evulgate, exhaust, exit, expel, express, extrication, extrusion, eye, eyelet, fissure, flight, floodgate, flue, flume, freeing, fumarole, funnel, gasket, getaway, give, give off, give out, give vent to, grommet, guide, harness, hole, inlet, issuance, issue, jailbreak, keyhole, knothole, leak, leakage, let get around, let go, let in on, let loose, let out, liberation, loop, loophole, loose, louver, louverwork, make known, make public, manhole, mousehole, naris, nostril, opening, orifice, out, out with, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, pack, parachute, parachute jump, passage, peephole, pigeonhole, pinhole, pipe, placket, placket hole, pore, port, porthole, prisonbreak, proclaim, pronounce, publish, punch- hole, purge, put, release, remove, rescue, reveal, riddance, sally port, scour out, setting- free, shaft, shroud lines, sky dive, slit, slot, sluice, spilehole, spiracle, spout, state, statement, surfacing, sweep out, tap, tell, throw off, throw out, touchhole, transom, umbrella, unclog, unfoul, unleash, utter, utterance, ventage, venthole, ventiduct, ventilate, ventilating shaft, ventilator, verbalization, verbalize, vocalization, voice, void, vomitory, way out, weir, wind tunnel
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