Respiration

(noun.) the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; 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 lungs.

(noun.) a single complete act of breathing in and out; 'thirty respirations per minute'.

艾琳编辑

• Then the fellow turned again upon his side and resumed the even respiration of deep slumber. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• As soon as he had recovered the power of respiration he sat up and listened. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The atomspear,' said Wegg, stumping back into the room again, a little reddened by his late exertion, 'is now freer for the purposes of respiration. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• These cirripedes have no branchiae, the whole surface of the body and of the sack, together with the small frena, serving for respiration. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• This artificial respiration ceasing, do I feel any faint flutter under my hand upon the chest? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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