transpire /trænˈspajɚ/ verb transpires; transpired; transpiring
transpires; transpired; transpiring
Learner's definition of TRANSPIRE
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[no object] formal : to happen发生 2
[no object] formal : to become known为人所知;透露 —
usually used with it通常与it连用 -
Her name, it transpired, was false. [=(less formally) it turned out that her name was false]后来得知,她的名字是假的。
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It transpired that they had met previously. [=we found out that they had met previously]我们后来才知道他们以前就见过面。
3
technical, of a plant : to have water evaporate from the surface of leaves(植物)水分蒸发,蒸腾 [no object]
[+ object]