英语词汇inhale的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	inhale
词源	inhale v. 1725, "to breathe in, draw air into the lungs," a back-formation from inhalation or else from French inhaler in this sense; used as a word to be the opposite of exhale. Slang sense of "eat rapidly" is recorded from 1924. As a noun, "act of inhaling," by 1904. Related: Inhaled; inhaling. Entries linking to inhale inhalation n. 1620s, "a breathing in," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin inhalare "breathe upon" (used here as if it meant "to breathe in"), from in- "on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + halare "breathe." inhalant adj. 1804, from Latin inhalantem, present participle of inhalare (see inhale). As a noun from 1830. updated on December 13, 2015
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