ventilate
verb🔊/ˈventɪleɪt/
🔊/ˈventɪleɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they ventilate | 🔊/ˈventɪleɪt/ 🔊/ˈventɪleɪt/ |
| he / she / it ventilates | 🔊/ˈventɪleɪts/ 🔊/ˈventɪleɪts/ |
| past simple ventilated | 🔊/ˈventɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈventɪleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle ventilated | 🔊/ˈventɪleɪtɪd/ 🔊/ˈventɪleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form ventilating | 🔊/ˈventɪleɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈventɪleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive]
to allow fresh air to enter and move around a room, building, etc. 使（房间、建筑物等）通风；使通气 - be ventilated (by something)
The bathroom is ventilated by means of an extractor fan. 这个浴室使用抽风扇通风。 🔊🔊 The building is naturally ventilated. 这栋楼依靠自然通风。 a well-ventilated room 通风良好的房间
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- adequately
- properly
- well
- …
- be ventilated (by something)
- ventilate something (formal)
to express your feelings or opinions publicly 公开表达（感情或意见）
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘winnow, scatter’): from Latin ventilat- ‘blown, winnowed’, from the verb ventilare, from ventus ‘wind’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 18th cent.