1725, "to breathe in," back-formation from inhalation or else from Latin inhalare "breathe upon," from in- "upon" (see in- (2)) + halare "breathe." Related: Inhaled; inhaling. Current sense is because the word was taken as the opposite of exhale. Slang sense of "eat rapidly" is recorded from 1924. As a noun, by 1934. Related: Inhaled; inhaling.
雙語例句
1. Don't inhale dust into your lung.
別把灰塵吸進(jìn)肺里.
來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. Do you inhale when you smoke?
你抽煙時(shí)是否把煙吸入肺里?
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
3. Smokers who inhale are likely to become addicted to nicotine.
吸煙的人容易對(duì)尼古丁上癮.
來自辭典例句
4. He continued to inhale the close , and somewhat professional atmosphere of Mrs. Glass's small parlour.