Word · Frequency #9816
vent
通风口；气孔；小孔
An opening or small hole through which air, gas, or smoke can pass.
- 1.
An opening through which gases, especially air, can pass.
气体,尤其是空气通过的开口
- 2.
Ventriloquism.
腹语术
- 3.
A small aperture.
小孔
- 4.
An opening in a volcano from which lava or gas flows.
火山中熔岩或气体流出的开口
- 5.
A rant; a long session of expressing verbal frustration.
长时间的发泄；表达口头挫折的过程
- 6.
The excretory opening of lower orders of vertebrates; cloaca.
低等脊椎动物的排泄孔；泄殖腔
- 7.
A slit in the seam of a garment.
衣服接缝处的开衩
- 8.
The opening at the breech of a firearm, through which fire is communicated to the powder of the charge.
火器尾部的开口,通过此处将火传递到弹药的火药上
- 9.
In steam boilers, a sectional area of the passage for gases divided by the length of the same passage in feet.
蒸汽锅炉中,气体通道的截面积除以通道长度
- 10.
Opportunity of escape or passage from confinement or privacy; outlet.
从封闭或隐私中逃脱或通过的机会；出口
- 11.
Emission; escape; passage to notice or expression; publication; utterance.
释放；逃逸；表达或发表的途径；发表；表达
火山口；火山喷发口；发泄；表达；出口；牢骚；抱怨；（衣服的）开衩；泄殖腔；排泄孔
In use
The basement felt damp because the small vent was completely blocked.
Open the vent in the kitchen when you are frying fish to clear the smoke.
The vents on the ceiling help keep the room from getting too humid.
Connections
Collocations
- air vent
- 通气口
- The air vent in the bathroom was blocked with dust.浴室里的通气口被灰尘堵住了。
- vent pipe
- 通气管
- A plumber came to check the vent pipe on the roof.水管工来检查屋顶上的通气管。
- volcanic vent
- 火山喷发口
- Steam was rising from the volcanic vent.蒸汽从火山喷发口升起。
- give vent to
- 发泄，表达
- She gave vent to her frustration in a long letter.她在一封长信中发泄了自己的沮丧情绪。
- side vent
- （衣服的）侧开衩
- The jacket has side vents to make walking easier.这件夹克有侧开衩，走路更方便。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 vent 想成“通风”的开头：墙上开口就是通风口，也是发泄情绪的出口。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：household appliances、technical manuals 该释义表示“通风口、气孔”，在日常口语和技术性说明中都比较常见；正式程度为中性，具体语境中通常不带强烈的语体色彩。
Grammar Note
可数名词；常见搭配 'give vent to' 表示发泄（情感）。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /-ent/ 结尾，与 vent 押韵：went, bent, cent, rent, tent, spent。注意：cent 与 sent 同音；event 虽以 vent 结尾，但重音在第二音节 /ɪˈvent/，不押韵；vend 拼写接近但读 /vend/，也不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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