expectorate
英 [?k'spekt?re?t; ek-]
美[?k'sp?kt?ret]
- vt. 咳出痰；吐唾液；咯血
- vi. 咳出痰等；吐唾液；咯血
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?expectorates;過去式:?expectorated;過去分詞:?expectorated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?expectorating;名詞:?expectoration;
中文詞源
expectorate 咳痰，咳血ex-, 向外。-pect, 胸，胸部，詞源同pectoral. 即從胸中咳出去的，祛痰，咳血。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. " NEED you expectorate so loudly? "
- " 至于這么大聲兒 嗎 ? " 英迪亞說.
來自飄（部分）
- 2. During the interview, she coughed fitfully but would not expectorate.
- 在就診期間, 她一直咳嗽的很得體,但沒有咳出痰來.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 3. He began to expectorate small amounts of blood - streaked sputum.
- 他開始有少量帶血絲的痰.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. Do not expectorate on the sidewalks.
- 不要在人行道上吐痰.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)