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ahem

/pronounced with a small scraping sound accompanied or followed by a nasal; spelling pronunciation uh-hem, hem/US // pronounced with a small scraping sound accompanied or followed by a nasal; spelling pronunciation əˈhɛm, hɛm //UK // (əˈhɛm) //

咳咳,咳咳咳,哼哼

Related Words

cold冷,寒冷,冷的,寒冷的exclamation感叹句,感叹词,感叹语,叹词wow哇,哇哦,哇塞amen阿门,阿们hello你好,您好,喂,嗨alas唉,呜呼哀哉,呜呼,哎呀boo咕咕,咕咕声hurrah好哇,欢呼声,欢呼,欢呼吧oh哦,噢,喔whoopee呜呼哀哉,呜呼,呜呼声hooray万岁,好哇,万事如意shucks糟了,糟糕的是,糟透了,糟糕er呃,洱海,洱洱whoop呜呼,呜呼哀哉,呼呼,哗啦啦hack黑客,黑客攻击,黑客行为,黑客袭击hem下摆,下巴,下身,下摆摆放bark吠声,吠叫声,吠叫,树皮croup喉喉病,喉喉病症,暴暴病,喉喉病病ouch哎哟,哟,哎呦,哎唷rah拉赫,拉伊,拉伊尔,拉伊德

Definitions

interj.感叹词 interjection
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    Synonyms & Antonyms

    as ininterjection
    Synonyms
    alas唉,呜呼哀哉,呜呼,哎呀amen阿门,阿们boo咕咕,咕咕声er呃,洱海,洱洱exclamation感叹句,感叹词,感叹语,叹词hello你好,您好,喂,嗨hooray万岁,好哇,万事如意hurrah好哇,欢呼声,欢呼,欢呼吧oh哦,噢,喔shucks糟了,糟糕的是,糟透了,糟糕whoopee呜呼哀哉,呜呼,呜呼声wow哇,哇哦,哇塞ah啊egad蛋蛋,蛋蛋网golly天哪,天啊hey嘿,嘿嘿,嘿嘿嘿huh呵呵,嗯,呵,哈jeepers吉普车,吉普车爱好者,吉普车手,吉普车司机oops哎呀,糟糕,哎呀呀,哦ouch哎哟,哟,哎呦,哎唷phew吁,呵,唷,喘息phooey呜呼,呸呸呸,呸,遗憾pooh呸呸呸,维尼,呸,便便psstPsstrah拉赫,拉伊,拉伊尔,拉伊德ugh呃,唉,呜呼um嗯,呣,呒,姆
    as incough
    Synonyms
    cold冷,寒冷,冷的,寒冷的bark吠声,吠叫声,吠叫,树皮croup喉喉病,喉喉病症,暴暴病,喉喉病病hack黑客,黑客攻击,黑客行为,黑客袭击hem下摆,下巴,下身,下摆摆放whoop呜呼,呜呼哀哉,呼呼,哗啦啦frog in throat喉咙里的青蛙,喉咙里有青蛙,喉咙里的蛙,喉蛙tickle in throat喉咙发痒,喉咙痒痒的,喉咙痒痒,喉咙痒

    Examples

    • One might say (ahem) that in Beijing on Wednesday the atmospherics were everything.

    • US Airways inadvertently tweeted an—ahem—racy photo involving a lady and a toy plane.

    • The singer beat (ahem) charges of a woman claiming he injured her in a nightclub due to insufficient evidence.

    • One, I had no idea cute little ducks were such violent (ahem) pricks.

    • A full spread (ahem) of his work is now in a show at Invisible-Exports gallery in New York.

    • You've got to go on, and the more you agree—ahem—the less you'll disagree, see?

    • Her politics, system of education, customs, and arts will be of—ahem!

    • Before I had time to make any remark, however, upon so singular a circumstance, he interrupted me with a second "ahem!"

    • He commenced once more, with an ahem, which gave me a better inkling than frankness of what bothered him.

    • "Well, I'm going to set up with her to-night," said Seffy again, with a huge ahem.

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