名詞 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
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：breathing, external respiration, ventilation

1. Any of a class of iron-containing proteins important in cell respiration as catalysts of oxidation-reduction reactions.
   胞色細(xì)胞任何一類含鐵的蛋白質(zhì)，在細(xì)胞呼吸中作氧化反應(yīng)重要的催化劑
2. The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
   呼吸的空氣在呼吸中吸入和呼出的空氣
3. German biochemist. He won a1931 Nobel Prize for research on the respiration of cells.
   瓦爾堡，奧托·亨利希1883－1970德國生化學(xué)家。因其對細(xì)胞呼吸的研究而獲得1931年的諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)
4. Respiration becomes difficult at great heights.
   在很高的地方呼吸就變得困難了。

res.pi.ra.tion

n.Abbr. resp.（名詞）縮寫 resp.

The act or process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing.
呼吸：吸入及呼出的行為或過程；呼吸
The act or process by which an organism without lungs, such as a fish or plant, exchanges gases with its environment.
無肺呼吸：無肺的有機(jī)體與環(huán)境交換氣體的行為或過程，如魚或植物

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：發(fā)生在活細(xì)胞內(nèi)的氧化過程，在氧氣消耗以及二氧化碳和水釋放的一系列新陳代謝中，有機(jī)分子的化學(xué)能由此得到釋放
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：特定有機(jī)體從有機(jī)分子中獲取能量的各種相似的新陳代謝過程，如真菌及厭氧細(xì)菌

【引伸】
res.pira.tional
adj.（形容詞）