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expectoration

/ik-spek-tuh-rey-shuhn/US // ɪkˌspɛk təˈreɪ ʃən //

排泄物,期望值,期望,期盼

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of expectorating.
    • : matter that is expectorated.

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Examples

  • Are there enough devices to handle the ingestion and expectoration?

  • Truffaldino brought him the vessel, examined the expectoration, and found in it a mass of rancid rotten rhymes.

  • The patient was greatly distressed in breathing, in consequence of difficult expectoration.

  • Not a bad plan, in the circumstances,—especially if you have so wonderful a turn for expectoration by speech.

  • Towards the end of the year 1783, became affected with slight cough and expectoration of purulent matter.

  • His cough was particularly troublesome in the morning, and was relieved by a free expectoration of frothy mucus.