respire
respire — 動詞
- respirepresent simple I / you / we / they
- respireshe / she / it
- respiredpast simple
- respiring-ing form
1. to take air into the body and then let it out again through the nose or mouth.
呼吸
吸入和呼出空氣的動作
to take air into the body and then let it out again through the nose or mouth.
The doctor asked Nora to respire slowly while he listened to her chest.
醫生請 Nora 慢慢呼吸，同時聽她的胸腔。
respire + adverb for manner of breathing
Fish respire by drawing oxygen from water as it flows over their gills.
魚類透過水流經鰓部時從水中吸取氧氣來呼吸。
respire + by + -ing for describing mechanism
After climbing six flights of stairs, Mateo stood still and respired deeply.
爬了六層樓梯後，Mateo 站著不動，深深呼吸。
The old man respired with difficulty, each breath a faint whistle.
老人呼吸困難，每次呼吸都發出微弱的哨音。
Plants respire through tiny openings on the underside of their leaves.
植物透過葉片背面微小的開口進行呼吸。
文法句型
respire + adverb
用法筆記
A formal or literary synonym for 'breathe'. Rare in everyday conversation; in normal speech, use 'breathe' instead.
常見錯誤
2. in biology, for a living organism or cell to use oxygen to break down food subst
呼吸作用
生物體利用氧氣產生能量的過程
in biology, for a living organism or cell to use oxygen to break down food substances and give off carbon dioxide as waste, producing energy in the process.
Muscle cells respire faster during exercise because they need more energy.
肌肉細胞在運動時呼吸作用加快，因為需要更多能量。
biological subject + respire (cells, organisms, tissues)
The biology textbook explained that yeast cells respire without oxygen during fermentation.
生物課本解釋酵母細胞在發酵過程中進行無氧呼吸。
respire without oxygen (anaerobic respiration)
When seeds begin to sprout, the embryo inside respires rapidly to fuel its growth.
種子開始發芽時，內部的胚會迅速進行呼吸作用以促進生長。
Tunde's experiment showed that the bacteria respired more quickly at warmer temperatures.
Tunde 的實驗顯示細菌在較高溫度下呼吸作用更快。
Yuki fed sugar to the yeast and watched it respire, bubbles streaming through the flask.
Yuki 把糖加入酵母中，觀察它進行呼吸作用，燒瓶裡不斷冒出氣泡。
- metabolize
a broader term covering all chemical processes in a living thing, not only gas exchange
- oxidize
refers only to the chemical step of combining with oxygen, not the full respiration pathway
文法句型
organism/cell + respire
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (BREATHE): this sense refers specifically to the biochemical process at the cellular level, not the physical movement of air in and out of lungs. The subject is typically a cell, tissue, or organism, not a person.