expectorator

• 指咳出或吐出唾液、痰液的人；也指促进呼吸道黏液排出的药物（祛痰药）。

A noun referring to a person who expels saliva or phlegm from the mouth, or a medicinal agent that promotes the expulsion of mucus from the respiratory tract.

1. Person who spitsC2formalmedical

   A person who ejects saliva, phlegm, or mucus from the mouth.

   吐痰者

   • The doctor advised the patient not to be a public expectorator.
   • In some cultures, being an expectorator in public is considered rude.
   • The old man was a habitual expectorator due to his lung condition.

   同义词spitter

2. Expectorant medicineC2formalmedical

   A medicinal substance that helps to clear phlegm from the respiratory tract by promoting coughing.

   祛痰药

   • The pharmacist recommended an expectorator for the patient's cough.
   • This expectorator is effective in loosening chest congestion.
   • Many cough syrups contain an expectorator to help clear the airways.

   同义词expectorant