expectorate

🇺🇸 /ɪkˈspektəreɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ɪkˈspektəreɪt/
词频
难度
标签 RARE
verb
R

to cough out phlegm from your lungs

After a long illness, he had to frequently expectorate the thick phlegm.

经过长时间的疾病,他不得不频繁地咳出浓痰。

translation

v. 咳出痰液

词形变化

3rd Present expectorates
Past expectorated
Perfect expectorated
Progressive expectorating