词族 · saliva
词形变化
中文词源
saliva 痰，唾液
来自拉丁语 saliva,痰，词源不详。可能来自 PIE*sal,污垢，污物，脏的，词源同 sallow,脏的， 土黄色的。
英语词源
- 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.)).
权威例句
- 1. Michael was showing the nurse how to suction his saliva.
- 迈克尔正给护士示范如何把他的唾液吸出来。
- 2. He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.
- 他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水.
- 3. Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.
- 唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来.
- 4. She tried to spit in Michael's face but she had no saliva.
- 她拼命想往迈克尔脸上吐口水,但是她把嘴说干了,吐不出口水来.
- 5. There was an excess of saliva in his mouth.
- 他嘴里的口水太多.