英:[ɪkˈspektəreɪt]
美:[ɪk'spektəreɪt]
英:[ɪkˈspektəreɪt]
美:[ɪk'spektəreɪt]
ex·pec·to·rate
ihk spek t reIt
第三人称单数:expectorates
现在分词:expectorating
过去式:expectorated
过去分词:expectorated
expectoration (n.), expectorator (n.)
verb
transitive verb
to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
spit
intransitive verb
to discharge matter from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
spit
大约1600年,“清理胸部或肺部”,这是拉丁语 expectoratus 的字面用法,它是 expectorare 的过去分词,在古典用法中是比喻性的,“蔑视,从头踢出”,字面意思是“从胸部驱赶,做一个干净的胸部”,由 ex “出”(见 ex-)和 pectus(属格 pectoris)“胸部”(见 pectoral(形容词))组成。它作为“吐痰”的委婉说法记录于1827年。古典拉丁语的比喻意义出现在17世纪的英语中,但现在已经过时。相关: Expectorated; expectorating。
Latin expectoratus, past participle of expectorare to banish from the mind (taken to mean literally "to expel from the chest"), from ex- + pector-, pectus breast, soul — more at pectoral
The first known use of expectorate was in 1601
expediencenoun
expediency
expectorateverb
to discharge (as phlegm) from the throat or lungs by coughing and spittingalso: spit entry 2 sense 1a
expectorateverb
to discharge (as phlegm) from the throat or lungs by coughing and spittingalso: spit entry 2 sense 1a
expectorateverb
to eject from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting
spit
1 For expectorating adults looking down, a guard may block big droplets but work less well for shorter persons, like children.
2 While we were all seated around the fire, they both stuffed their cheeks with tobacco, and then sat and expectorated into empty plastic water bottles.
3 The clinical symptoms follow those of the auscultation; as the patient expectorates less he is less feeble, coughs less, gains strength, and regains his spirits; but the tubercle remains untouched.
4 With this he fished a cigar stub out of his pocket, bit off a portion of it, expectorated freely into the stove hearth, and turning his back to them walked into the front room.
5 Place used clothing in hampers; blow your nose in a tissue; clear your throat and expectorate to remove mucus, which may contain particles inhaled in a lab; place glasses in the decontaminating solution for three minutes; take a full-body shower.
6 The product – use of which has been known to increase the risk of developing mouth and throat cancers – is expectorated in red bursts across Indian streets and sidewalks.
7 He never spits, but "expectorates"—his pains are all "paroxysms"—talks about the "foreshadowing of events"—and all his periods are as round and stately as the march of a Roman army.
8 It is rarely that a patient satisfied with the remedy fails to remark, "I expectorate less."
9 Having stowed away his quid in the lining of his hat, and expectorated freely over the ship's side, as every honest sailor should, before commencing a lengthy yarn, the captain thus began.
10 He lay down on a bench, with his pipe in his mouth, looked blandly at all, and expectorated every minute.
11 Critics have to say something, of course — and there is apparently plenty enough to say about “American Dirt” without requiring the author to expectorate into a test tube.
12 There’s nothing worse than doing a student matinee of a serious play, and you expectorate, and everyone goes, “Ewwww!”
13 No one wanted to follow him after he expectorated barbs.
14 Places where people might need to talk loudly, sing, or otherwise expectorate without a mask are seen as riskier than those where everyone can easily wear a mask at all times.
15 “It is a shame that so many viewers’ enjoyment of the latest Johnson masterclass was marred by a feeling of disgust, as the languid American repeatedly expectorated.”
16 Doubtless he felt a necessity for expectorating; but the act appealed to Matheson as disgusting, and unseemly in Honor’s presence.
17 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.
18 Do not expectorate on the sidewalks.
不要在人行道上吐痰。
19 For one thing that admirable seaman expectorated again into the kitchen fire, but that apart, the note of primeval extravagance in his outward aspect hardly commended itself to Mother.
20 This reaction is learned from watching other camels, but its more akin to throwing up than expectorating.