expectorate

英 [ɪk'spektəreɪt] 美 [ɪk'spektəreɪt]

• v. 咳出；吐

英英释义

Verb:

1. clear out the chest and lungs;

   "This drug expectorates quickly"
   

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

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Do not expectorate on the sidewalks.
   不要在人行道上吐痰。
2. As Tom wended to school after breakfast, he was the envy of every boy he met because the gap in his upper row of teeth enabled him to expectorate in a new and admirable way.
   当汤姆吃过早饭去上学的时候，在路上遇到的每个孩子都羡慕他，因为他上排牙齿的缺口能够使他用一种新的方法吐唾沫。

经典引文

• A woman expectorated blood violently as an effect of the experiment.

  出自： E. B. Browning

近反义词

【近义词】

• spit 唾液
• spit out 吐出
• spit up 吐出(咳出)
• cough out 咳出
• drive out 逐出
• cough up (不情愿地）提供...
• clear out 清除