exhale

verb
🔊/eksˈheɪl/
🔊/eksˈheɪl/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they exhale
🔊/eksˈheɪl/
🔊/eksˈheɪl/
he / she / it exhales
🔊/eksˈheɪlz/
🔊/eksˈheɪlz/
past simple exhaled
🔊/eksˈheɪld/
🔊/eksˈheɪld/
past participle exhaled
🔊/eksˈheɪld/
🔊/eksˈheɪld/
-ing form exhaling
🔊/eksˈheɪlɪŋ/
🔊/eksˈheɪlɪŋ/
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  1. to breathe out the air or smoke, etc. in your lungs呼出,吐出(肺中的空气、烟等);呼气
    • He sat back and exhaled deeply.他仰坐着深深地呼气。🔊🔊
    • exhale something She exhaled the smoke through her nose.她从鼻子里喷出烟雾。🔊🔊
    opposite inhale
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryExhale is used with these nouns as the object:
    • breath
    • smoke
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘be given off as vapour’): from Old French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex- ‘out’ + halare ‘breathe’.