RESPIRATOR


Meaning of RESPIRATOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ respɪreɪtə(r) ]

( respirators)

1.

A respirator is a device that allows people to breathe when they cannot breathe naturally, for example because they are ill or have been injured.

She was so ill that she was put on a respirator.

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2.

A respirator is a device you wear over your mouth and nose in order to breathe when you are surrounded by smoke or poisonous gas.

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