aspirate
['æspə`ret]
vt. 送气音, /h/音始读,

n. /h/音, 送气音

a. 送气音, /h/音

[医] ; ,

1. The word `hour' is pronounced without an initial aspirate.
   hour头母h送气音.
2. Aspirate stomach contents for residual volume, determine volume with graduated container if necessary, and reinstill to client.
   容剩余气。刻容器确其容积。容。
3. D. Gelatin capsules: Aspirate with a syringe, or capsule may be dissolved in warm water over several minutes. After capsule dissolves, remove its gelatin outer layer.
   凝囊：射器，温溶解囊。待囊溶解，除去凝层。

aspirate
[ noun ]

1. a consonant pronounced with aspiration

<noun.communication>

[ verb ]

1. remove as if by suction

<verb.contact> draw out suck out
aspirate the wound

2. pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds

<verb.communication>

3. suck in (air)

<verb.body>

Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aspirated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Aspirating}.] [L. aspiratus, p. p. of aspirare to
breathe toward or upon, to add the breathing h; ad + spirare
to breathe, blow. Cf. {Aspire}.]
To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound;
as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a
vowel or a liquid consonant.


Aspirate \As"pi*rate\, n.
1. A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like
the sound of h; the breathing h or a character
representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.

2. A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper,
or rough breathing. --Bentley.

3. An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd,
or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.


Aspirate \As"pi*rate\ ([a^]s"p[i^]*r[asl]t), Aspirated
\As"pi*ra"ted\ (-r[=a]"t[e^]d), a. [L. aspiratus, p. p.]
Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.

But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an
aspiration as h. --Holder.