English-Thai Dictionary

expectorate

VI ขาก เสมหะ  ถุยน้ำลาย  บ้วนน้ำลาย  ถ่มน้ำลาย  cough up spit out kak-sem-ha

 

expectorate

VT ขาก เสมหะ  ถุยน้ำลาย  บ้วนน้ำลาย  ถ่มน้ำลาย  cough up spit out kak-sem-ha

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXPECTORATE

v.t.[L. expectoro; ex and pectus, the breast. ] To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking and spitting.

 

EXPECTORATED

pp. Discharged from the lungs.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXPECTORATE

Ex *pec "to *rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expectorated; p. pr. & vb. n.Expectorating. ] Etym: [L. expecrorare to drive from the breast; ex out + pectus, pectiris, breast. See Pectoral. ]

 

Defn: To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth.

 

EXPECTORATE

EXPECTORATE Ex *pec "to *rate, v. i.

 

Defn: To discharge matter from the lungs or throat bu hawking and spitting; to spit.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

expectorate

ex pec to rate |ikˈspektəˌrāt ɪkˈspɛktəˌreɪt | ▶verb [ no obj. ] cough or spit out phlegm from the throat or lungs. • [ with obj. ] spit out (phlegm ) in this way. DERIVATIVES ex pec to ra tion |ikˌspektəˈrāSHən |noun ORIGIN 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. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

expectorate

expectorate |ɪkˈspɛktəreɪt, ɛk- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] cough or spit out (phlegm ) from the throat or lungs. DERIVATIVES expectoration |-ˈreɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN 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 ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

expectorate

ex pec to rate /ɪkspéktərèɪt /動詞 ｟かたく 遠回しに ｠他動詞 〈痰 （たん ）など 〉をせきをして吐き出す .自動詞 痰 [つば ]を吐く .ex p è c to r á tion 名詞