| 正面 | 6744.expire 英 [ɪk'spaɪə; ek-]美 [ɪk'spaɪɚ]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 拿走了你的呼吸 go west 归西。vi. 期满；终止；死亡；呼气vt. 呼出（空气） 例句： 1. When does your driving licence expire?你的驾照什么时候到期？ expire 终止ex-, 向外。-spir, 呼吸，词源同spirit, inspire. 原指呼出最后一口气，临终。 expireexpire: see spiritexpire (v.)c. 1400, "to die," from Old French expirer "expire, elapse" (12c.), from Latin expirare/exspirare "breathe out, blow out, exhale; breathe one's last, die," hence, figuratively, "expire, come to an end, cease," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). "Die" is the older sense in English; that of "breathe out" is first attested 1580s. Of laws, patents, treaties, etc., mid-15c. In 17c. also transitive. Related: Expired; expiring." |