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transpiration

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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tran·spi·ra·tion /ˌtrænspəˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]  technicalHBP the process of passing water through the surface of a plant’s leaves 蒸腾(作用) respiration
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transpirationThey have abandoned leaves to reduce loss of water by transpiration, and their stems are swollen with stored water.More than half of this disappears through evaporation or transpiration through plants.Once in the xylem, the salts are carried passively in the transpiration stream to the upper parts of the plant.Apart from mysterious perfumes, the transpiration of this unusual liquid is the most frequently reported phenomenon.Plant roots in the peats and estuarine sediments concentrate uranium in cell walls, especially in regions associated with transpiration processes.
tran·spi·ra·tion nounChineseSyllable
the the process passing through water Corpus of


transpiration
transpiration /ˌtrænspəˈreɪʃən, ˌtrænspɪˈreɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]
technical the process of passing water through the surface of a plant’s leaves ⇨ respiration


tran·spir·ationBrE /ˌtrænspɪˈreɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌtrænspɪˈreɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (biology 生物) the process of water passing out from the surface of a plant or leaf 蒸腾(水分通过植物体表或叶子的散失过程)   compare perspiration