exude

Word family

1 SHOW A FEELING OR ATTITUDE[transitiveT] if you exude a particular quality, it is easy to see that you have a lot of it 充分顯露〔某一品質〕

She exudes self-confidence.

她顯得信心十足。

He exuded an air of wealth and power.

他顯露出一副有錢有勢的派頭。

2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formalPOUR to flow out slowly and steadily, or to make something do this (使)滲出；(使)緩慢流出

The plant exudes a sticky liquid.

這種植物會分泌一種黏液。

Examples from the Corpus

exude• Perth exudes an atmosphere of space and prosperity.• He was short, a little overweight, more than a little rubicund as to his features and exuded an aura of cheerful bonhomie.• I preferred threadbare hand-me-downs to clothes that exuded boredom from every seam.• The fans at the Coliseum did not exactly exude confidence in Ford.• When pressed, they exuded even more liquid than the others had.• Their names exude glamour: the Cipriani, Venice.• Like all bamboo buds, the flowers exude no fragrance.• Every gesture they make exudes solicitation.• Eventually, the larvae begin to pupate and no longer exude their chemical messages.

Origin exude

(1500-1600) Latin exsudare, from sudare “to have liquid coming out through the skin”

Syllable

Corpus

TOEFL BNC: 13941 COCA: 12157

exude

To produce a smell: scent, reek, smell...