sneeze
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they sneeze | |
| he / she / it sneezes | |
| past simple sneezed | |
| past participle sneezed | |
| -ing form sneezing |
to have air come suddenly and noisily out through your nose and mouth in a way that you cannot control, for example because you have a cold 打喷嚏 Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb2She suddenly felt the urge to sneeze. 她突然想打喷嚏。 Someone sneezed loudly at the back of the hall. 有人在礼堂后面大声地打喷嚏。 The smoke reached her and made her sneeze. 烟飘过来，搞得她直打喷嚏。 Viruses can be spread through coughing and sneezing. 病毒可以通过咳嗽和打喷嚏传播。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- loudly
- violently
- uncontrollably
- …
- cause somebody to
- make somebody
- on
- coughing and sneezing
- the urge to sneeze
Word OriginMiddle English: apparently an alteration of Middle English fnese due to misreading or misprinting (after initial fn- had become unfamiliar), later adopted because it sounded appropriate.