expectorate 的 2 个定义
ex·pec·to·rat·ed, ex·pec·to·rat·ing.
- to eject or expel matter, as phlegm, from the throat or lungs by coughing or hawking and spitting; spit.
ex·pec·to·rat·ed, ex·pec·to·rat·ing.
- to eject or expel in this way.
expectorate 近义词
cough up
更多expectorate例句
- The others, sitting on the floor, backs to the wall and knees drawn up to chins, smoke their pipes and expectorate.
- "I'll be damned if I know," he responded, looking around for some place to expectorate and finding none.
- He is advised not to blow the nose, but to hawk as much of the secretion as possible backwards and then expectorate it.
- He was sitting perched like a toad on the wood-box where he could expectorate with convenience into the ashpan of the stove.
- On one occasion he was playing a very close game, in the midst of which he left the table to expectorate in the fireplace.