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respiration

英[respɪ'reɪʃ(ə)n] 美[,rɛspə'reʃən]
  • n. 呼吸;呼吸作用

英英释意


1. the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic moelcules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the
2. a single complete act of breathing in and out;
"thirty respirations per minute"
3. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation