e·mit
verb/iˈmɪt/
/iˈmɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they emit | /iˈmɪt/ /iˈmɪt/ |
| he / she / it emits | /iˈmɪts/ /iˈmɪts/ |
| past simple emitted | /iˈmɪtɪd/ /iˈmɪtɪd/ |
| past participle emitted | /iˈmɪtɪd/ /iˈmɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form emitting | /iˈmɪtɪŋ/ /iˈmɪtɪŋ/ |
- emit something to send out something such as light, heat, sound, gas, etc.
发出，射出，散发（光、热、声音、气等） - The metal container began to emit a clicking sound.
金属容器开始发出咔嗒咔嗒的声音。 - Sulphur gases were emitted by the volcano.
硫黄气体由火山喷发出来。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEmit is used with these nouns as the subject:- transmitter
- aura
- beam
- carbon dioxide
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin emittere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + mittere ‘send’. - The metal container began to emit a clicking sound.