英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Vent
(n.)
The anal opening of certain invertebrates and fishes; also,
the external cloacal opening of reptiles, birds, amphibians, and many
fishes.
Vent
(n.)
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is
communicated to the powder of the charge; touchhole.
Vent
(n.)
Sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length
of the same passage in feet.
Vent
(n.)
Fig.: Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or
privacy; outlet.
Vent
(n.)
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression;
publication; utterance.
Vent
(v. t.)
To let out at a vent, or small aperture; to give passage
or outlet to.
Vent
(v. t.)
To suffer to escape from confinement; to let out; to
utter; to pour forth; as, to vent passion or complaint.
Vent
(v. t.)
To utter; to report; to publish.
Vent
(v. t.)
To scent, as a hound.
Vent
(v. t.)
To furnish with a vent; to make a vent in; as, to vent. a
mold.
Ventage
(n.)
A small hole, as the stop in a flute; a vent.
Ventail
(n.)
That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission
of air, -- sometimes in the visor.
Vented
(imp. & p. p.)
of Vent
Venter
(n.)
One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.
Venter
(n.)
The belly; the abdomen; -- sometimes applied to any large
cavity containing viscera.
Venter
(n.)
The uterus, or womb.
Venter
(n.)
A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the
venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior surface, of the scapula.
Venter
(n.)
The lower part of the abdomen in insects.
Venter
(n.)
A pregnant woman; a mother; as, A has a son B by one
venter, and a daughter C by another venter; children by different
venters.
Venthole
(n.)
A touchhole; a vent.