expectorate

英 [ɪk'spektəreɪt; ek-] 美[ɪk'spɛktəret]
  • vt. 咳出痰;吐唾液;咯血
  • vi. 咳出痰等;吐唾液;咯血

英英释义


1. clear out the chest and lungs;
"This drug expectorates quickly"
2. discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

实用场景例句


During the interview, she coughed fitfully but would not expectorate.
在就诊期间, 她一直咳嗽的很得体,但没有咳出痰来.

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" NEED you expectorate so loudly? "
" 至于这么大声儿 吗 ? " 英迪亚说.

飘(部分)

Do not expectorate on the sidewalks.
不要在人行道上吐痰.

期刊摘选

中文词源


expectorate 咳痰,咳血

ex-, 向外。-pect, 胸,胸部,词源同pectoral. 即从胸中咳出去的,祛痰,咳血。

双语例句


1. " NEED you expectorate so loudly? "
" 至于这么大声儿 吗 ? " 英迪亚说.

来自飘(部分)

2. During the interview, she coughed fitfully but would not expectorate.
在就诊期间, 她一直咳嗽的很得体,但没有咳出痰来.

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3. He began to expectorate small amounts of blood - streaked sputum.
他开始有少量带血丝的痰.

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4. Do not expectorate on the sidewalks.
不要在人行道上吐痰.

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英文词源


expectorate (v.)
c. 1600, "to clear out the chest or lungs," a literal use of Latin expectoratus, past participle of expectorare, which in classical use was figurative, "scorn, expel from the mind," literally "drive from the breast, make a clean breast," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pectus (genitive pectoris) "breast" (see pectoral (adj.)). Its use as a euphemism for "spit" is recorded by 1827. The classical Latin figurative sense appears in English 17c. but is now obsolete. Related: Expectorated; expectorating.

词态变化


第三人称单数: expectorates;过去式: expectorated;过去分词: expectorated;现在分词: expectorating;名词: expectoration;