insufflation

名词 n.
/ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of breathing or blowing into or on. countable,uncountable
    — From the oracle the sound did come—or at any rate the sense did, a sense all accordant with the insufflation she had just seen working.
  2. The result of breathing or blowing into or on. countable,uncountable
  3. The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism. countable,uncountable

词形变化

insufflations plural

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
English insufflate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English insufflation
From insufflate + -ion.
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