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inhale

verb
🔊/ɪnˈheɪl/
🔊/ɪnˈheɪl/
[intransitive, transitive] (rather formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they inhale
🔊/ɪnˈheɪl/
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he / she / it inhales
🔊/ɪnˈheɪlz/
🔊/ɪnˈheɪlz/
past simple inhaled
🔊/ɪnˈheɪld/
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past participle inhaled
🔊/ɪnˈheɪld/
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-ing form inhaling
🔊/ɪnˈheɪlɪŋ/
🔊/ɪnˈheɪlɪŋ/
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  1. to take air, smoke, gas, etc. into your lungs as you breathe吸入；吸气 synonym breathe in
    • She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply.她合上双眼，深深吸了一口气。🔊🔊
    • He inhaled deeply on another cigarette.他又点了一根烟，深深地吸了一口。🔊🔊
    • Lift your arms above your head and inhale as you stretch.将手臂举过头顶并在伸展时吸气。
    • inhale something Local residents needed hospital treatment after inhaling fumes from the fire.当地居民吸入了大火的浓烟，需要入院治疗。🔊🔊
    • Inhaled medications are available in various types of inhalers.吸入药物可用于各种类型的吸入器中。
    opposite exhale
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • deeply
    • sharply
    • quickly
    • …
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin inhalare ‘breathe in’, from in- ‘in’ + halare ‘breathe’.