| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024phlegm /flɛm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Pathologythe mucus in the nose, mouth, and throat, esp. that appearing in the lungs and throat passages when a person has a cold.
- calmness;
composure.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024phlegm (flem),USA pronunciation n. - Pathologythe thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the mouth, esp. that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a cold.
- one of the four elemental bodily humors of medieval physiology, regarded as causing sluggishness or apathy.
- sluggishness, indifference, or apathy.
- self-possession, calmness, or composure.
- Greek phlégma flame, phlegmatic humor, equivalent. to phlég(ein) to burn + -ma resultative noun, nominal suffix
- Late Latin phlegma
- Middle French flemme
- Middle English fleem 1350–1400
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged impassivity.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged animation, concern.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: phlegm /flɛm/ n - the viscid mucus secreted by the walls of the respiratory tract
- archaic one of the four bodily humours
- apathy; stolidity; indifference
- self-possession; imperturbability; coolness
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French fleume, from Late Latin phlegma, from Greek: inflammation, from phlegein to burnˈphlegmy adj |