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語源

From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorāre (“only fig. banish from the mind, but literally (as in modern use) expel from the breast”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspɛktəɹeɪt/

動詞

expectorate (三人称単数 現在形 expectorates, 現在分詞 expectorating, 過去形および過去分詞形 expectorated)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To cough up fluid from the lungs.

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2. (transitive, intransitive) To spit.

関連する語

• expectorant
• expectoration

参考

• sputum

Further reading

• “expectorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “expectorate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• expectorate at OneLook Dictionary Search