Vent

(noun.) external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrate.

(noun.) a hole for the escape of gas or air.

(noun.) a slit in a garment (as in the back seam of a jacket).

(noun.) a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt.

(verb.) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; 'air the old winter clothes'; 'air out the smoke-filled rooms'.

(verb.) give expression or utterance to; 'She vented her anger'; 'The graduates gave vent to cheers'.

卡蜜拉整理

• Her thinness seemed to be the effect of some wasting fire within her, which found a vent in her gaunt eyes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• If the subterranean forces find vent in one place, there is less chance of them breaking out in another. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• If it's any vent to your feelings, collar me again. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The cans are then removed, the vent hole closed by a drop of solder, and the goods thus hermetically sealed in a cooked or sterilized condition will keep for a long period of time. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Poor Mrs. Vincy's terror at these indications of danger found vent in such words as came most easily. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Lydgate was wretched--shaken with anger and yet feeling that it would be unmanly to vent the anger just now. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Mrs. Bute Crawley and her young ladies in the country had a copy of the Morning Post from town, and gave a vent to their honest indignation. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• When the extra vents of the reservoir are not used, they can be closed by a short rubber coupling and a pinch cock. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• She vented petulant words every now and then, but there were sighs between her words, and sudden listenings between her sighs. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• As they disappeared, the girl sunk down nearly at her full length upon one of the stone stairs, and vented the anguish of her heart in bitter tears. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• At other times the unsettled condition persists, and his spleen is vented not only on the original instigator but upon others who may have occasion to see him, sometimes hours afterward. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He went downstairs, where, by the way, he vented the most horrid curses upon the unoffending footman, his subordinate. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Not content with the language of prose, Mr. Winsor vented his thoughts and feelings in numerous poetical effusions. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• He menaced rebellion in the name of his counthry, vented bitter hatred against English rule; they spoke of rags, beggary, and pestilence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The reddleman vented a low humorous laugh when he saw his adversary return with these. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Fred with difficulty restrained himself from venting his irritation. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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