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. 他突然一陣咳嗽,好一會兒不能說話。 The brandy made her cough and splutter. 白蘭地嗆得她直咳嗽,嘴裏的酒都噴了出來。 He inhaled the smoke and started coughing and spluttering. 他吸入煙霧,開始咳嗽和噴濺。 She coughed nervously and looked at me. 她緊張地咳嗽了一下,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 (從喉嚨或肺中)咳出 Sometimes she coughed (up) blood. 她有時咯血。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessb1He vomited and began coughing up blood. 他嘔吐並開始咳血。 He coughed the dust out of his lungs. 他把吸進肺裏的塵埃咯了出來。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a bit
- a little
- lightly
- …
- cough and splutter
- a coughing fit
- [intransitive]
(of an engine )發動機 to make a sudden noise, especially as a sign that the engine is not working correctly 突然發出刺耳的聲音 The old engine coughed and spluttered into life. 這台舊發動機咳嗽了一聲,啪啪作響地啓動了。
Word OriginMiddle English: of imitative origin; related to Dutch kuchen ‘to cough’ and German keuchen ‘to pant’.