Expectorate

[ɪk'spektəreɪt;ek-] or [ɪk'spɛktəret]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth.

(verb.) clear out the chest and lungs; 'This drug expectorates quickly'.

編輯:波西亚--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

(v. i.) To discharge matter from the lungs or throat by hawking and spitting; to spit.

哈洛錄入

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Hawk up, cough up.

黛比手打

解釋/意思:

v.t. to expel from the breast or lungs by coughing &c.: to spit forth.—v.i. to discharge or eject phlegm from the throat.—adj. Expec′torant tending to promote expectoration.—n. a medicine which promotes expectoration.—n. Expectorā′tion act of expectorating: that which is expectorated: spittle.—adj. Expec′torātive having the quality of promoting expectoration.

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