hiccup

英 ['hɪkʌp] 美 ['hɪkʌp]

• n. 打嗝；暂时性的小问题
• vi. 打嗝
• =hiccough.

英英释义

Noun:

1. (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion;

   "how do you cure the hiccups?"
   

Verb:

1. breathe spasmodically, and make a sound;

   "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There's been a slight hiccup in our mailing system.
   我们的邮政系统临时出了一点小问题。
2. If the strange pathway of the nerves is a product of our fish origin, the hiccup itself may have arisen from the past we share with amphibians.
   假使如此不合理的神经路线是鱼类祖先所留下，那麽打嗝就可能源自和我们有著同样过往的两生类。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water.
   当你不得不打嗝时，喝一杯冷水就好了。
2. When did he stop hiccupping?How long did he hiccup?
   什么时候停止打嗝，他打嗝多久了？

经典引文

• The hiccups of suppressed laughter.

  出自： P. P. Read

• She..sat down again beside him, shivering and hiccuping.

  出自： A. Ghosh

词汇搭配

• spasmodic hiccup 痉挛性呃逆
• hiccup caused by disorder of vital energy 气呃

近反义词

【近义词】

• hitch 猛拉
• glitch 小故障
• interruption 打岔
• delay 耽搁
• setback 挫折
• hiccough 打嗝
• singultus [医]呃逆