expectorate
expectorate
[ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt, ɛk-]
verb
expectoration
noun
语源
[ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt, ɛk-]
verb
- [with obj.]cough or spit out (phlegm) from the throat or lungs
咳出（痰）；吐出
expectoration
noun
语源
- early 17th cent. (in the sense 'enable sputum to be coughed up', referring to medicine): from Latin expectorat- 'expelled from the chest', from the verb expectorare, from ex- 'out' + pectus, pector- 'breast'
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