hiccup
打嗝,打嗝声,打嗝儿,打呃
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- : 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.
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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.
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Still, the most recent hiccups in Facebook’s political ad system shows that some — from academics to presidential campaigns — remain concerned about the company’s transparency efforts.
Most of those hiccups happen when you’re trying to multitask.
Every hiccup and anomaly in how elections are run seems to give partisans at either end of the political spectrum a reason to accuse opponents of misdeeds.
The virtual hearing about the tech industry ended up being marred by tech hiccups.
Through it all, we experienced many successes and , of course, several hiccups along the way.
At the time, I called it a hiccup rather than a heart attack.
So, yeah, it was a very big hiccup—one sufficiently large to jolt the heart from its regular beat.
But the challenge of acting in a major franchise was just a hiccup when compared to the challenge of acting in front of the press.
Not that Kiev and U.S. counter-propaganda goes through without a hiccup.
But I am guessing this is going to be a hiccup in his career.
Her face was bowed forward and covered with her hands, and she was shaken at intervals by the convulsive hiccup of grief.
But he had no relief from laughter either, for it was the same he had just heard from the Sydney Duck, a sort of hiccup.
Lady Tabby Catson died soon after, leaving a handsome legacy to Mr. Hiccup, the surgeon.
Hullo, you young vaggybones,” he screeched out with a hiccup; “where be ye off ter now, hey?
She had meant to be such a good queen, she thought with a little choking hiccup.