crepitation

crepitation
noun
  1. a crackling or rattling sound
    噼啪声;咔嚓声
    pistol-like crepitations.
    枪声般的爆裂声。
    ■(Medicine)a crackling sound made when breathing with an inflamed lung, detected using a stethoscope
    (医)(听诊器察觉发炎的肺部呼吸时发出的)捻发音
    ■[mass noun](Entomology)the explosive ejection of irritant fluid from the abdomen of a bombardier beetle
    (昆)(放屁甲虫)响亮地从腹部喷射出毒液
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from French crépitation or Latin crepitatio(n-), from the verb crepitare (see crepitate)
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