formalHBH to force liquid out of your mouth 咳出;吐出SYN spit
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expectorate• Later tough mucus may form which is difficult to expectorate.• Whoosh! your lips expectorate a stream of self-igniting gasoline.• Inability to expectorate and is obliged to swallow any sputum that is raised; it may taste greasy.
Originexpectorate
(1600-1700)Latin past participle of expectorare, from pectus“chest”