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emit

verb
🔊/iˈmɪt/
🔊/iˈmɪt/
 (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they emit
🔊/iˈmɪt/
🔊/iˈmɪt/
he / she / it emits
🔊/iˈmɪts/
🔊/iˈmɪts/
past simple emitted
🔊/iˈmɪtɪd/
🔊/iˈmɪtɪd/
past participle emitted
🔊/iˈmɪtɪd/
🔊/iˈmɪtɪd/
-ing form emitting
🔊/iˈmɪtɪŋ/
🔊/iˈmɪtɪŋ/
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  1. emit something to send out something such as light, heat, sound, gas, etc.发出，射出，散发（光、热、声音、气等）
    • The metal container began to emit a clicking sound.金属容器开始发出咔嗒咔嗒的声音。🔊🔊
    • Sulphur gases were emitted by the volcano.硫黄气体由火山喷发出来。🔊🔊
    Topics Physics and chemistryc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryEmit is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • transmitter
    Emit is used with these nouns as the object:
    • aura
    • beam
    • carbon dioxide
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin emittere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + mittere ‘send’.