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●vent your ˈspleen (literary) express your anger in speech or writing (口头或书面)泄愤,出气◆He vented his spleen on the assembled crowd.他把怒气撒在了聚集的人群身上。 ORIGIN In the past, people believed that the spleen (= a small organ near the stomach that controls the quality of the blood cells) was responsible for making someone feel sad or bad-tempered. From this, it came to mean a person’s anger. 旧时,人们认为脾(spleen)导致人悲伤或生气等情绪,由此可表示人的“怒气”(anger)。 |