[with obj.]produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation) 排放,散发(尤指气体、辐射) coal-fired power stations continue to emit large quantities of sulphur dioxide. 燃煤火力发电站继续排放出大量的二氧化硫。 ■make (a sound) 发出(声音) she emitted a sound like laughter. 她发出一种类似于笑声的声音。
语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin emittere, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + mittere 'send'