cough
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they cough | |
he / she / it coughs | |
past simple coughed | |
past participle coughed | |
-ing form coughing |
- [intransitive]
to force out air suddenly and noisily through your throat, for example when you have a cold 咳嗽 Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb1He had a coughing fit and couldn't speak for a few moments. 他突然一阵咳嗽,好一会儿不能说话。 The brandy made her cough and splutter. 白兰地呛得她直咳嗽,嘴里的酒都喷了出来。 He inhaled the smoke and started coughing and spluttering. 他吸入烟雾,开始咳嗽和喷溅。 She coughed nervously and looked at me. 她紧张地咳嗽了一下,又看了看我。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a bit
- a little
- lightly
- …
- cough and splutter
- a coughing fit
- [transitive] cough something (up)
to force something out of your throat or lungs by coughing (从喉咙或肺中)咳出 Sometimes she coughed (up) blood. 她有时咯血。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb1He vomited and began coughing up blood. 他呕吐并开始咳血。 He coughed the dust out of his lungs. 他把吸进肺里的尘埃咯了出来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a bit
- a little
- lightly
- …
- cough and splutter
- a coughing fit
- [intransitive]
(of an engine )发动机 to make a sudden noise, especially as a sign that the engine is not working correctly 突然发出刺耳的声音 The old engine coughed and spluttered into life. 这台旧发动机咳嗽了一声,啪啪作响地启动了。
Word OriginMiddle English: of imitative origin; related to Dutch kuchen ‘to cough’ and German keuchen ‘to pant’.