cough

英 [kɒf] 美[kɔf]

n. 咳嗽，咳嗽声；咳嗽病
vt. 咳出
vi. 咳嗽
n. (Cough)人名；(英)考夫

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英英释义

1. sudden expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

2. the act of exhaling air suddenly with a noise

词组搭配

cough up &I{【俚语】}

To hand over or relinquish (money or another possession), often reluctantly.

勉强交出：掏出或放弃（金钱或其他财产），通常是不情愿地

To confess or disclose

承认或供出

When he saw that the police might arrest him, he coughed up the details of what he had seen.
当他意识到警察也许会逮捕他，才全盘托出他看到的一切

考试真题

She has almost recovered from the cough.

A few months ago, I was down with a terrible cold which ended in a persistent bad cough.

Eventually, my cough got so much worse that I couldn't sleep at night, so I decided to give it a try.

I didn't feel any improvement in my condition in the first couple of days, but after a few more regular visits to the doctor, my cough started to lessen.

No matter how many different remedies I tried, I still couldn't get rid of the cough.

实用场景例句

I couldn't stop coughing.: 我咳嗽不止。

to cough nervously/politely/discreetly: 紧张地 / 斯文地 / 小心翼翼地咳嗽

Sometimes she coughed (up) blood.: 她有时咯血。

Steve finally coughed up the money he owed us.: 史蒂夫最终勉强归还了他欠我们的钱。

She gave a little cough to attract my attention.: 她轻轻地咳了一声以引起我的注意。

to have a dry/persistent/hacking cough: 干咳；顽固的咳嗽；频咳

My cold's better, but I can't seem to shake off this cough.: 我感冒好些了，但这咳嗽好像老也不好。

Graham began to cough violently...: 格雷厄姆开始剧烈咳嗽。

He coughed. 'Excuse me, Mrs Allsworthy, could I have a word?': 他咳了一声说道，“奥尔斯沃西夫人，打断您一下，我能说句话吗？”

...if you have a persistent cough for over a month.: 如果你持续咳嗽一个月以上

I started coughing blood so they transferred me to a hospital.: 我开始咯血，于是他们把我转到了医院。

Then suddenly, the engine coughed, spluttered and died.: 接着，发动机突然咔咔地响了几声，然后就熄火了。

The cough seemed to rack his body.: 他咳得全身震动.

He made up a bottle of cough medicine.: 他配制了一瓶咳嗽药.

The medicine may loosen your cough.: 这种药能减轻你的咳嗽.

The child has a bad cough and it rather worries her.: 她的孩子咳得很厉害,这使得她很着急.

Whooping cough is very prevalent just now.: 百日咳正在广泛流行.

Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it.: 这药非但不镇咳,反而使我咳嗽得更厉害.

My fever has gone, but I have a cough.: 我退烧了, 但开始咳嗽.

His illness started with a slight cough.: 他的病是从轻微咳嗽开始的.

He had a chronic cough.: 他患了慢性咳嗽.

The damp weather touched up his cough.: 潮湿的天气加剧了他的咳嗽.

The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence.: 男管家轻轻咳了一下,示意他已到场.

The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.: 他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了.

中文词源

cough 咳嗽

拟声词，模仿咳嗽的声音。

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双语例句

1. Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?: 这能说服国会掏钱吗？

2. I'll have to cough up $10,000 a year for tuition.: 我每年将不得不付1万美元的学费。

3. His cough grew more persistent until it never stopped.: 他咳嗽持续的时间越来越长，直到咳个不停。

4. Try gargling with salt water as soon as a cough begins.: 一开始咳嗽就马上试着用盐水漱口。

5. He suffered from a snotty nose, runny eyes and a slight cough.: 他又是流鼻涕，又是流眼泪，还有点咳嗽。

英文词源

cough: cough: [14] Although it is largely disguised by the modern English pronunciation, cough is of onomatopoeic origin. It came from a prehistoric Germanic base *kokh- (the kh pronounced not unlike the ch of loch), which initiated the sound of coughing. This has no recorded Old English descendant (although one probably existed, *cohhian), and first appears in the language as Middle English coughen.
cough (v.): early 14c., coughen, probably in Old English, but not recorded, from Proto-Germanic *kokh- (with the rough "kh" of German or of Scottish loch; cognates: Middle Dutch kochen, Middle High German kuchen). Onomatopoeic. Related: Coughed; coughing. As a noun from c. 1300.

词态变化

复数: coughs;第三人称单数: coughs;过去式: coughed;过去分词: coughed;现在分词: coughing;