Expiring

(p. pr & vb. n.) of Expire

(a.) Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating.

(a.) Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words; expiring groans.

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• The air was filled with groans and clashing of arms--the floors were slippery with the blood of despairing and expiring wretches. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I found my father expiring upon the ground, with his head terribly injured. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• You may have met with her “Ode to an Expiring Frog,” sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Permit me to introduce my friends--Mr. Tupman--Mr. Winkle--Mr. Snodgrass--to the authoress of “The Expiring Frog. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It commenced-- '“Can I view thee panting, lying On thy stomach, without sighing; Can I unmoved see thee dying On a log Expiring frog! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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