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exhaust/iɡˈzɔ:st, eɡ-/ v. & n.●v. tr. 1 consume or use up the whole of 用完，耗尽 2 (often as 常作 exhausted adj. or exhausting adj.) use up the strength or resources of (a person); tire out (人的力量，资源等)精疲力竭；耗尽 3 study or expound on (a subject) completely 对(某题目)详尽地研究，全面地研究 4 (often foll. by 常后跟 of) empty (a container etc.) of its contents (容器等中的东西)倒光，掏光 ●n. 1a waste gases etc. expelled from an engine after combustion (机动车排出的)废气，(发动机排出的)尾气 b (also 亦作 exhaust pipe) the pipe or system by which these are expelled (汽车的)排气管(或系统) c the process of expulsion of these gases 排出废气，排放尾气 2a the production of an outward current of air by the creation of a partial vacuum 排气，抽空 b an apparatus for this 排气通风装置 □ exhauster n.□ exhaustible adj.□ exhaustibility /-ˈbiliti/ n.[Latin exhaurire exhaust- (as EX-1, haurire ‘draw (water), drain’)] |