vent

英 [vent] 美 [vɛnt]

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解释

n. （感情的）发泄；出口；通风孔
vt. 发泄感情；放出…；给…开孔
vi. 放出；（通过排泄等）减轻压力
n. (Vent)人名；(德)芬特；(英、捷、芬)文特

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中文词源

vent 出口

来自拉丁语ventus,通风，词源同wind,引申词义出口，通风口。

英文词源

vent: vent: English has two words vent. The verb, ‘provide with an outlet’ [14], came via Old French esventer from Vulgar Latin *exventāre ‘let out air’. This was a compound verb formed from the Latin prefix ex- ‘out’ and ventum ‘wind’ (source also of English ventilate [15] and distantly related to English wind). Vent ‘slit in the back of a garment’ [15] goes back via Old French fente to Vulgar Latin *findita ‘slit’, a noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin findere ‘split’ (source also of English fission [19] and fissure [14]).
=> ventilate, wind; fission, fissure
vent (v.): late 14c., "emit from a confined space," probably a shortening of aventer "expose oneself to the air" (c. 1300), from Old French eventer "let out, expose to air," from Vulgar Latin *exventare, from Latin ex- "out" + ventus "wind" (see wind (n.1)). Sense of "express freely" first recorded 1590s. Sense of "divulge, publish" (1590s) is behind phrase vent one's spleen (see spleen). Related: Vented; venting.
vent (n.): c. 1400, "anus," from Old French vent from verb eventer (see vent (v.)) and in part from Middle English aventer, from the French verb. Perhaps also merged with or influenced by Middle English fent "opening or slit in a the front of a garment (usually held closed with a brooch)," c. 1400, from Old French fente, from Latin findere "to split" (see fissure). Meaning "outlet for water," also "air hole, breathing hole" is from mid-15c. Meaning "action of venting" is recorded from c. 1500.

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例句和用法

1. Leave a vent open to let some moist air escape.: 打开一个通风口，让潮气逸出一些。

2. He squatted on the floor and gave vent to a deep sigh.: 他蹲在地板上，深深叹了一口气。

3. The cabby gave vent to an angry shout.: 出租车司机气得大吼一声。

4. She gave vent to her anger and jealousy.: 她宣泄了自己的愤怒和嫉妒。

5. His hostility to the woman found vent in a sharp remark.: 他用尖刻的话语发泄对那个女人的敌意.