saliva

noun
🔊/səˈlaɪvə/
🔊/səˈlaɪvə/
[uncountable]
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  1. the liquid that is produced in your mouth that helps you to swallow food唾液
    • The smell of food causes the saliva to flow.食物的香味让人垂涎。
    • He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
    Topics Bodyc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + saliva
    • produce
    • secrete
    • swallow
    saliva + verb
    • dribble
    • drip
    • flow
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin.