/træn'spaɪə(r); træn`spaɪr/
v
1 [I] (used with it and a that-clause; usu not in the continuous tenses 与it和that从句结合使用; 通常不用于进行时态) (of an event, a secret, etc) become known （指事情、秘密等）公开, 为人所知
*This, it later transpired, was untrue. 此事後来得知不属实.
* It transpired that the gang had had a contact inside the bank. 据报这伙匪徒在银行里有内应.
2 [I] (infml 口) happen 发生
*You're meeting him tomorrow? Let me know what transpires. 你是明天见他吗? 把见面後的情况告诉我.
3 [I, Tn] (of plants) give off (watery vapour) from the surface of leaves, etc （指植物）（从叶面等）散发（水汽）.

v
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: transpirer, from Latin spirare 'to breathe']
it transpires that
formal if it transpires that something is true, you discover that it is true
　It now transpires that he kept all the money for himself.
[]formal
to happen
　Exactly what transpired remains unknown.
[I and T]technical
when a plant transpires, water passes through the surface of its leaves