| 单词 | aspiration |
| 释义 | aspiration —aspirational, adj. /as'peuh ray"sheuhn/, n. 1. strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations. 2. a goal or objective desired: The presidency is the traditional aspiration of young American boys. 3. act of aspirating; breath. 4. Phonet. a. articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h-sound of how, or of when /hwen/, or in the release of initial stops, as in the k-sound of key. b. the use of an aspirate in pronunciation. 5. Med. a. the act of removing a fluid, as pus or serum, from a cavity of the body, by a hollow needle or trocar connected with a suction syringe. b. the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting. [1375-1425; late ME ( < MF) < L aspiration- (s. of aspiratio). See ASPIRATE, -ION] Syn. 1. yearning, craving. |
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