Exhaust Exhausted Pipe Car ɪɡˈzɔːst Subject Engine Verb
The word "exhaust" can mean to make someone very tired, to use up all of something, to thoroughly discuss a topic, or it can refer to the waste gases from an engine or the pipe itself.
The word "exhaust" has multiple meanings: to make someone extremely tired (physically or mentally), to use up all of something (like resources), to thoroughly discuss a topic, and it can also refer to the waste gases from an engine or the pipe that carries them.
[VERB 动词]使精疲力竭;使疲惫不堪 If something exhausts you, it makes you so tired, either physically or mentally, that you have no energy left.
[V n]
Don't exhaust him...
不要把他累坏了。
He took to walking long distances in an attempt to physically exhaust himself.
他开始长距离步行,试图耗尽自己的体力。
exhausted
She was too exhausted and distressed to talk about the tragedy.
她太累了,而且无比悲伤,没法谈论那场悲剧。
exhausting
It was an exhausting schedule she had set herself.
她给自己安排了叫人筋疲力尽的日程。
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[VERB 动词]耗尽;用光 If you exhaust something such as money or food, you use or finish it all.
[V n]
[V-ed]
We have exhausted all our material resources...
我们已经耗尽了所有的物资。
They said that food supplies were almost exhausted.
他们说供应的食物几乎快要吃完了。
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[VERB 动词]详尽地讨论;详尽无遗地论述 If you have exhausted a subject or topic, you have talked about it so much that there is nothing more to say about it.
[V n]
She and Chantal must have exhausted the subject of babies and clothes.
她和尚塔尔肯定已经充分讨论过宝宝和衣服的问题。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]排气管 The exhaust or the exhaust pipe is the pipe which carries the gas out of the engine of a vehicle.
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]尾气;废气Exhaust is the gas or steam that is produced when the engine of a vehicle is running.
[also N in pl]
...the exhaust from a car engine...
汽车发动机排放的尾气
The city's streets are filthy and choked with exhaust fumes.
那座城市的街道肮脏不堪,弥漫着令人窒息的废气。
...the concentration of car exhausts in the Los Angeles area.
洛杉矶地区汽车尾气的浓度
Oxford
ex·haust/ɪɡˈzɔːst; NAmEɪɡˈzɔːst/
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exhaustexhaustsexhaustedexhaustingnoun1[uncountable ]waste gases that come out of a vehicle, an engine or a machine (车辆、发动机或机器排出的)废气◆car exhaust fumes/emissions汽车排出的废气;汽车排放物2(alsoexˈhaust pipe)(alsotail·pipeespecially in NAmE)[countable ]a pipe through which exhaustgases come out 排气管◆My car needs a new exhaust.我的汽车需要一个新排气管。verb1to make sb feel very tired 使筋疲力尽;使疲惫不堪SYNwear outexhaustsb ◆Even a short walk exhausted her.即使走一段短路,她也疲惫不堪了。exhaustyourself ◆There's no need to exhaust yourself clearing up—we'll do it.你不必筋疲力尽地收拾,我们会做的。2exhauststh to use all of sth so that there is none left 用完;花光;耗尽◆Within three days they had exhausted their supply of food.他们在三天之内就把所有粮食吃光了。◆Don't give up until you have exhausted all the possibilities.只要还有可能就别放弃。3exhauststh to talk about or study a subject until there is nothing else to say about it 详尽讨论(或研究)◆I think we've exhausted that particular topic.我认为我们已把那个题目讨论透彻了。ex·haust/ɪɡˈzɔːst; NAmEɪɡˈzɔːst/
1to make someone feel extremely tired: A full day’s teaching exhausts me.exhaust yourself He’d exhausted himself carrying all the boxes upstairs.2to use all of somethingSYN use up: We are in danger of exhausting the world’s oil supply. Having exhausted all other possibilities, I asked Jan to look after the baby.3exhaust a subject/topic etc to talk about something so much that you have nothing more to say about it: Once we’d exhausted the subject of Jill’s wedding, I didn’t know what to say.
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exhaustexhaust2 ●○○ noun
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1 (also exhaust pipe) [countable] a pipe on a car or machine that waste gases pass through2[uncountable] the gas produced when an engine is working: exhaust fumes
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exhaust
[ɪgˈzɔ:st]exhausted, exhausting, exhausts
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exhausted[9415] exhausting[2590]
废气(62%),耗尽(22%),排气装置(10%),使筋疲力尽(4%),详尽论述(2%)
n.排气;废气;排气装置
vt.排出;耗尽;使精疲力尽;彻底探讨
vi.排气
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