- 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
- aspirate something (medical医学) to breathe something inh 音;送气音 synonym inhale
- 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.样本是从胃里吸出来的。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin aspiratus ‘breathed’, past participle of aspirare, from ad- ‘to’ + spirare ‘breathe’.