inhale
verb [intransitive, transitive] (rather formal)to take air, smoke, gas, etc. into your lungs as you breathe synonym breathe in吸入;吸氣 She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. 她合上雙眼,深深吸了一口氣。 He inhaled deeply on another cigarette. 他又點了一根煙,深深地吸了一口。 Lift your arms above your head and inhale as you stretch. 雙臂舉過頭頂,伸展時吸氣。 - inhale something
Local residents needed hospital treatment after inhaling fumes from the fire. 當地居民吸入了大火的濃煙,需要入院治療。 Inhaled medications are available in various types of inhalers. 吸入藥物有各種類型的吸入器。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deeply
- sharply
- quickly
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Word Originearly 18th cent.: from Latin inhalare ‘breathe in’, from in- ‘in’ + halare ‘breathe’.