vent
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
the vent of a cask; the vent of a mould
- 2.
A small aperture.
- 3.
An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
- 4.
A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
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The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
- 6.
A slit in the seam of a garment.
- 7.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
Đồng nghĩa: touch hole
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In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
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Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
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Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
- 11.
(obsolete, rare)(obsolete, rare, medicine) Discharge, efflux
- 12.
Ventriloquism.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To allow gases to escape.
The stove vents to the outside.
- 2.
(transitive)To allow gases to escape from (a sealed space, container, etc.).
- 3.
(transitive)To allow to escape through a vent.
Exhaust is vented to the outside.
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(intransitive, transitive)To express a strong emotion.
He vents his anger violently.
Can we talk? I need to vent.
Đồng nghĩa: let off steam
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To snuff; to breathe or puff out; to snort.
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(transitive)To determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca.
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(intransitive, slang)(intransitive, video games, slang) To use a vent in the video game Among Us. [with to ‘to go (somewhere)’]
- 8.
To sell; to vend.
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(colloquial)(medicine, colloquial) To ventilate; to use a ventilator; to use ventilation.
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ine-pro Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with vent and viento and ventana (window). wind.