saliva
英 [s?'la?v?]
美[s?'la?v?]
- n. 唾液；涎
- n. (Saliva)人名；(俄)薩利瓦
TOEFL擴(kuò)展詞匯TEM4GRE低頻詞
中文詞源
saliva 痰，唾液
來自拉丁語 saliva,痰，詞源不詳。可能來自 PIE*sal,污垢，污物，臟的，詞源同 sallow,臟的， 土黃色的。
英文詞源
- saliva (n.)
- early 15c., from Middle French salive, from Latin saliva "spittle," of unknown origin (perhaps, as Tucker suggests, somehow derived from the base of sallow (adj.)).
雙語例句
- 1. Michael was showing the nurse how to suction his saliva.
- 邁克爾正給護(hù)士示范如何把他的唾液吸出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.
- 他擦掉了下巴上的幾滴口水.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.
- 唾液從嬰兒的嘴里流了出來.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She tried to spit in Michael's face but she had no saliva.
- 她拼命想往邁克爾臉上吐口水,但是她把嘴說干了,吐不出口水來.
來自教父部分
- 5. There was an excess of saliva in his mouth.
- 他嘴里的口水太多.
來自辭典例句