respiration
英 [respɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,rɛspə'reʃən]
- n. 呼吸；呼吸作用
英英释意
- 1. the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic moelcules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the
- 2. a single complete act of breathing in and out;
- "thirty respirations per minute"
- 3. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation