The siphon connects directly to the spiracles and, when kept out of water, allows the creature to breathe.

细直接连着呼吸孔在探出水外时这种生物就能呼吸了。

This reserve of tiny air bubbles is kept at the tip of its abdomen right where the spiracles are.

它把这个小气泡保存在腹部末端那里正好有呼吸孔。

It is certain that the mouth indirectly communicates with the spouting canal; but it cannot be proved that this is for the purpose of discharging water through the spiracle.

可以肯定，它的嘴巴间接地与喷水通；但是，无法证明这种结构的目的是了通过喷水孔排水。

If it did breathe  through open spiracles, these would be a weak point in the exoskeleton, where material inside  could burst out from the pressure difference.

如果异形确实通过开放的气孔呼吸，这些气孔其外骨骼的薄弱点，内部物质可能会因压力差而从中喷出。

Insects breathe through a network of tiny tubes called tracheae, which extend  throughout their bodies and open to the outside world through small holes called spiracles.

昆虫通过一套称气的微小网络进行呼吸，这些气遍布其全身，并通过名气门的微孔与外界连。

Oxygen enters these spiracles and diffuses directly into the tracheal system, delivering  oxygen to cells and tissues, bypassing the need for a circulatory system to transport oxygen.

氧气通过这些气门进入， 并直接扩散到气系统，细胞和组织提供氧气，从而无需循环系统来运输氧气。

On every side the seven gables pointed sharply towards the sky, and presented the aspect of a whole sisterhood of edifices, breathing through the spiracles of one great chimney.

每一侧的七座山墙尖锐地指向天空，呈现出整个姐妹建筑的外观，通过一个大烟囱的尖顶呼吸。

Nurse sharks even nap on the seafloor; however, they use a form of ram ventilation in which they draw in water through nostril-like structures near the eyes, called spiracles, and force it out through the gills.

铰口鲨甚至会在海底打盹；不过，它们采用的是一种特殊的撞击呼吸，即通过眼睛附近的鼻孔状结构（称鳃裂）吸水，然后用鳃水排出。

You would almost think a great gun had been discharged; and if you noticed the light wreath of vapor from the spiracle at his other extremity, you would think that that was the smoke from the touch-hole.

你几乎会以是一门巨炮在发射；如果你还注意到在它另一端的喷水孔中冒出来的一圈圈淡淡的雾气，你会以那是大炮火门里冒出来的烟。