词汇 | emission |
词源 | emission [LME] An emission is literally something sent out, coming from Latin emittere ‘to send out’. An emissary [E17th] is a person sent out, and comes from Latin emissarius ‘scout, spy’, from emittere. Emit [E17th] is from the same source. |
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