English Dictionary

phlegm

IPA（発音記号）

/flɛm/

名詞

歴史的 不可算名詞 通常

(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.

日本語の意味

古代および中世医学で人体を構成するとされる四体液の一つ。冷たく湿った性質を持ち、しばしば粘液と同一視される。

Medieval physicians blamed an excess of phlegm for his sluggish temperament.

中世の医師たちは、彼の鈍い気質は四体液の一つである粘液の過剰に起因すると考えた。

意味（1）

(historical) One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.

Each person's unique mixture of these substances determines his temperament: a predominance of blood gives a sanguine temperament; a predominance of phlegm makes one phlegmatic; yellow bile, bilious (or choleric); and black bile, melancholic.

意味（2）

Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing.

Even some members of the new bourgeoisie indulge in conspicuously boorish behavior, like hawking phlegm onto the pavement or picking their noses at business meetings.

意味（3）

(historical, chemistry, alchemy) A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution.

The attempts made to analyse vegetable substances previous to 1720, merely produced their resolution into the supposed elements of the chemists of those days, namely, salts, Earths, phlegm, and sulphur.

意味（4）

Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.

But Swedish Nazis also talked of the necessity of saving Sweden from Bolshevism, and with the menacing Berlin radio gnawing in their ears many Swedes lost their Scandinavian phlegm.

phlegms （ plural ）