expectorant
expectorant — 名詞
- expectorantsingular
- expectorantsplural
1. a medicine that makes the thick, sticky substance in your chest thinner, so that
化痰藥
幫助痰變稀、容易咳出的藥
a medicine that makes the thick, sticky substance in your chest thinner, so that you can cough it up more easily.
Walid bought an expectorant at the pharmacy because his chest felt tight and blocked.
Walid 覺得胸口發緊又悶塞，所以到藥局買了化痰藥。
collocation: buy / take / drink an expectorant
The doctor told Ayana to take an expectorant twice a day with water.
醫生叫 Ayana 每天吃兩次化痰藥，並用水送服。
pattern: take an expectorant + how often
After three nights of heavy coughing, Manuela asked the pharmacist for a strong expectorant.
連續三晚咳得很厲害後，Manuela 向藥師要了藥效較強的化痰藥。
This expectorant is a sweet red liquid, and Minh drinks one spoonful each morning.
這款化痰藥是甜甜的紅色液體，Minh 每天早上喝一匙。
The pharmacist showed Christopher two bottles of expectorant and explained how often to take each.
藥師拿了兩瓶化痰藥給 Christopher 看，並說明每瓶該多久吃一次。