vi. 期满, 呼气, 断气

vt. 呼出

[化] 期满

[医] 呼出, 断气, 死亡

[经] 满期, 终了

Expire \Ex*pire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expired}; p. pr & vb. n.
{Expiring}.] [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum;
ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See {Spirit}.]
1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from
the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; --
opposed to {inspire}.

Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of
inspiring and expiring air. --Harvey.

This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire.
--Dryden.

2. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor;
to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth
expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.

The expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the
earth in winter. --Bacon.

3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.] --Dryden.

4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.]

Expire the term
Of a despised life. --Shak.


Expire \Ex*pire"\, v. i.
1. To emit the breath.

2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die;
as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.

3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to
become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires
to-day; the month expired on Saturday.

4. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.] ``The
ponderous ball expires.'' --Dryden.