hiccough 的 2 个定义
- a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- Usually hiccups. the condition of having such spasms: She got the hiccups just as she began to speak.
- Informal. a minor difficulty, interruption, setback, etc.: a hiccup in the stock market.
hic·cuped or hic·cupped, hic·cup·ing or hic·cup·ping.
- to make the sound of a hiccup: The motor hiccuped as it started.
- to have the hiccups.
- Informal. to experience a temporary decline, setback, interruption, etc.: There was general alarm when the economy hiccuped.
hiccough 近义词
等同于 hiccup
hiccough 的近义词 1 个
更多hiccough例句
- Involuntarily Howell gave a little hiccough of emotion, which answered Dafydd sufficiently.
- At this moment a hiccough was heard, and a rather fast and rakish-looking chap, named Stagger, spoke up.
- "Heaven save us from meeting any more such driftwood," said the pilot unsteadily with a hiccough.
- She told Esprit (one of the doctors) that it was the death-hiccough.
- His face was white and drawn, and every now and then he shook with a hiccough.