expectorate

vt. 咳出 vi. 吐痰

发音

US /ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/

词形变化

expectorated expectorates 三单 expectorates expectorating expectorating 现在分词 expectorated 过去式 expectorated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cough up fluid from the lungs.

    及物/不及物
  2. 2.

    To spit.

    及物/不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

cough up clear out cough out drive out spit out spit up

上位词 10

take pull release remove withdraw discharge exhaust expel eject take away

下位词 9

spit cough spew splutter ptyalise ptyalize spit out spue sputter

词源

From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).

来源：wiktionary