inhale的词源

英文词源

inhale (v.)

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.

中文词源

inhale：吸入

in-,进入，使，-hal,吸，呼吸，词源同exhale,halitosis.

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