| 单词 | phlegm |
| 释义 | phlegm (once / 3298 pages) 1n 2n Phlegm is a thick secretion of mucous. It's hard to sleep when you have a bad cold and your throat is full of phlegm. Your body's respiratory system creates phlegm, pronounced "flem," which becomes thicker and more annoying when you're ill. The thick substance you cough up when you have a terrible cold is phlegm. We don't talk about phlegm all that often these days, but it was very important in medieval science — it was thought that too much phlegm led to apathy and laziness, and it was a sign that the body was out of balance. WORD FAMILYphlegm: phlegmatic, phlegmatical, phlegms, phlegmy+/phlegmatic: phlegmatically USAGE EXAMPLESThe winner of Week 1173, food puns: Phlegm in meringue pie: What you get when you’re nasty to your waitress. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) She would wake up all night long, feverish, coughing out thick, rust- colored phlegm. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) It exercises the diaphragm, reduces anxiety and could help with shortness of breath and clearing phlegm from the lungs. Wall Street Journal(Oct 31, 2016) 1 n expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness 2Syn|Hyper sputum mucous secretion, mucus protective secretion of the mucus membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium 1n apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions Syn|Hyper emotionlessness, impassiveness, impassivity, indifference, stolidity, unemotionality apathy an absence of emotion or enthusiasm 2n inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy Syn|Hyper flatness, languor, lethargy, sluggishness inactiveness, inactivity, inertia a disposition to remain inactive or inert |
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