respiration

名词 respiration:

1. the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules; processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs
   同义词：internal respiration, cellular respiration
2. a single complete act of breathing in and out
3. the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation
   同义词：breathing, external respiration, ventilation

1. Any of a class of iron-containing proteins important in cell respiration as catalysts of oxidation-reduction reactions.
   胞色细胞任何一类含铁的蛋白质，在细胞呼吸中作氧化反应重要的催化剂
2. The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
   呼吸的空气在呼吸中吸入和呼出的空气
3. German biochemist. He won a1931 Nobel Prize for research on the respiration of cells.
   瓦尔堡，奥托·亨利希1883－1970德国生化学家。因其对细胞呼吸的研究而获得1931年的诺贝尔奖
4. Respiration becomes difficult at great heights.
   在很高的地方呼吸就变得困难了。

res.pi.ra.tion

n.Abbr. resp.（名词）缩写 resp.

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
呼吸：吸入及呼出的行为或过程；呼吸
The act or process by which an organism without lungs, such as a fish or plant, exchanges gases with its environment.
无肺呼吸：无肺的有机体与环境交换气体的行为或过程，如鱼或植物

The oxidative process occurring within living cells by which the chemical energy of organic molecules is released in a series of metabolic steps involving the consumption of oxygen and the liberation of carbon dioxide and water.
呼吸作用：发生在活细胞内的氧化过程，在氧气消耗以及二氧化碳和水释放的一系列新陈代谢中，有机分子的化学能由此得到释放
Any of various analogous metabolic processes by which certain organisms, such as fungi and anaerobic bacteria, obtain energy from organic molecules.
呼吸作用：特定有机体从有机分子中获取能量的各种相似的新陈代谢过程，如真菌及厌氧细菌

【引伸】
res.pira.tional
adj.（形容词）