| 单词 | expectorate |
| 释义 | expectorate verb[IorT] medicalspecializeduk/ɪkˈspek.tər.eɪt/us/ɪkˈspek.tər.eɪt/tobringupliquidfrom thethroatorlungsandforceit out of themouth 吐痰；咳痰Animal physiology: bodily fluids & their production
Examplesofexpectorateexpectorate They should start rather than commence, leave and not depart and spit rather thanexpectorate. From theCambridge English Corpus Participants then expectorated into a 20-ml plastic vial approximately 5 ml (1 teaspoon) of saliva. From theCambridge English Corpus We should "start"rather than"commence"; we should "leave"and not"depart"; we should "end"rather than"conclude"; and we should "spit"rather than"expectorate". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The more the swift expectorates the more solid and resisting the nest becomes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The man with consumption sleeps in a hammock very often next to another man, and a man who is in the early stages of consumption always expectorates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Patients must notexpectorateanywhere except in cups provided for that purpose. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is typically expectorated onto the ground or in a container, because swallowing the saliva-tobacco mixture can cause irritation to the esophagus and induce nausea and vomiting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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