respire
vt. 呼吸; 呼气和吸气; (植物)进行呼吸
1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
2. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbonmonoxide
3. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs;
D : Now , the quicker a fruit or vegetable respires, the quicker it ripens.
水果或者蔬菜的呼吸作用越强烈, 它成熟的就越快.