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aspirate

noun
🔊/ˈæspərət/
🔊/ˈæspərət/
(phonetics语音学)
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  1. a consonant pronounced with a breath that can be heard, for example the /h/ sound in house in Englishh 音；送气音
    • The word ‘hour’ is pronounced without an initial aspirate.hour 的首字母 h 不发送气音。🔊🔊
    Topics Languagec2
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin aspiratus ‘breathed’, past participle of aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’.

aspirate

verb
🔊/ˈæspəreɪt/
🔊/ˈæspəreɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they aspirate
🔊/ˈæspəreɪt/
🔊/ˈæspəreɪt/
he / she / it aspirates
🔊/ˈæspəreɪts/
🔊/ˈæspəreɪts/
past simple aspirated
🔊/ˈæspəreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈæspəreɪtɪd/
past participle aspirated
🔊/ˈæspəreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈæspəreɪtɪd/
-ing form aspirating
🔊/ˈæspəreɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈæspəreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. aspirate something (phonetics语音学) to pronounce something with a breath that can be heard发 h 音；发送气音Topics Languagec2
  2. aspirate something (medical医学) to breathe something in h 音；送气音synonym inhale
  3. aspirate something (from something) (medical医学) to remove liquid from a person’s body with a machine（用吸引机）抽吸（体腔中的液体）
    • Samples were aspirated from the stomach.从胃中吸出样品。
    4. Word Originmid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin aspiratus ‘breathed’, past participle of aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’.