ventilate

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ven·ti·late /ˈventəleɪt $ -tl-eɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

1 AIRto let fresh air into a room, building etc 使通风

well-ventilated/poorly ventilated etc

a well-ventilated kitchen

通风良好的厨房

2 to pump air into and out of someone’s lungs, using a special machine 〔用呼吸机〕给…供氧

Both patients are sedated and ventilated.

两位病人都用了镇静剂和呼吸机。

3 formal to express your opinions or feelings about something 发表〔意见或看法〕；表达〔感情〕

The important thing is to ventilate your anger.

重要的是要把你的愤怒表达出来。

—ventilation /ˌventəˈleɪʃən $ -tlˈeɪ-/ noun [uncountableU]

a ventilation system

通风系统

artificial ventilation

人工通风；人工通气

Examples from the Corpus

ventilate• Doctrinal issues were never ventilated.• All these hazards, winter and summer, are the reasons an attic should be well ventilated.• It is not a good design, even if the furnaces and ducts are heavily insulated and the attic well ventilated.• Doctrinal issues were never ventilated, and the dispute was confined to questions of legal rights and political jurisdiction.• Ensure that your place of work is properly ventilated, lit and when necessary, heated.• After treatment the store should be ventilated until the chlorine smell has dispersed.• Ventilate your house when painting.

well-ventilated/poorly ventilated etc• It could be a hazard only where it might build up in poorly ventilated buildings.• Beetles and fungus only flourish in damp, poorly ventilated conditions.• Automobile mechanics working in a poorly ventilated space may develop headaches from carbon monoxide exposure.

Origin ventilate

(1400-1500) Latin past participle of ventilare, from ventus “wind”

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