Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense coughs, present participle coughing, past tense, past participle coughed
1VERB 咳嗽 When you cough, you force air out of your throat with a sudden, harsh noise. You often cough when you are ill, or when you are nervous or want to attract someone's attention. 咳嗽
Graham began to cough violently. [VERB]
格雷厄姆开始剧烈咳嗽。
He coughed. 'Excuse me, Mrs Allsworthy, could I have a word?' [VERB]
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?”
SYN clear your throat, bark, hawk, hack [informal]
Cough is also a noun.
Coughs and sneezes spread infections much faster in a warm atmosphere.
在温暖的环境中,咳嗽和喷嚏传播疾病的速度要快得多。
They were interrupted by an apologetic cough.
他们被一声透着歉意的咳嗽打断了。
coughing
He was then overcome by a terrible fit of coughing.
接着他便控制不住地剧烈咳嗽了一阵。
2N-COUNT 咳嗽(病) A cough is an illness in which you cough often and your chest or throat hurts. 咳嗽(病)
...if you have a persistent cough for over a month.
如果你持续咳嗽一个月以上
SYN frog or tickle in your throat, bark, hack [informal]
3VERB 咯出(血等) If you cough blood or mucus, it comes up out of your throat or mouth when you cough. 咯出(血等) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
I started coughing blood so they transferred me to a hospital. [VERB noun]
我开始咯血,于是他们把我转到了医院。
Cough up means the same as cough .cough up 同 cough
On the chilly seas, Keats became feverish, continually coughing up blood.
在寒冷彻骨的海上,基茨开始发烧,不断地咯血。
4VERB (发动机等)突然发出刺耳的噪声 If an engine or other machine coughs, it makes a sudden, harsh noise. (发动机等)突然发出刺耳的噪声
Then suddenly, the engine coughed, spluttered and died. [VERB]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COUGH | COUGH + NOUNADJECTIVE➤little, polite, slight輕輕的/禮貌的/輕微的咳嗽◇The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence.男管家輕輕咳了一下,示意自己在場。➤violent劇烈的咳嗽▸➤bad, nasty, terrible嚴重的咳嗽➤mild輕微的咳嗽▸➤chesty (BrE) 肺炎引起的咳嗽▸➤barking, dry, hacking, racking大聲咳嗽;乾咳;急促頻繁的乾咳;劇烈的咳嗽➤chronic, persistent長期的/持續的咳嗽➤occasional偶爾的咳嗽▸➤smoker's吸煙引起的咳嗽◇He had a smoker's cough and nicotine-yellowed fingers.他因吸煙患上了咳嗽,手指也被尼古丁熏黃了。VERB + COUGH➤give發出咳嗽聲◇He gave a slight, apologetic cough and said, 'Excuse me.'他抱歉地輕咳一聲說:“對不起。”➤have, suffer from患咳嗽▸➤catch, develop, get染上咳嗽;出現咳嗽➤stifle, suppress抑制/忍住咳嗽◇She struggled to stifle a cough.她努力要忍住咳嗽。COUGH + NOUN➤drop, medicine, mixture, remedy, suppressant, sweet, syrup止咳糖;止咳藥;止咳藥水;止咳劑;止咳糖漿➡ topic at illnesscough
verb
ADVERB | PHRASESADVERB➤a bit, a little, lightly, slightly有點兒咳嗽;輕咳➤weakly無力地咳嗽▸➤discreetly, politely (especially BrE) 小心翼翼地咳嗽;禮貌地咳嗽一聲➤awkwardly, nervously, uncomfortably尷尬地/緊張地/不自在地咳嗽一聲▸➤loudly, violently大聲地/劇烈地咳嗽➤harshly刺耳地咳嗽➤uncontrollably止不住地咳嗽▸➤up咳出◇He vomited and began coughing up blood.他嘔吐並開始咳血。PHRASES➤cough and splutter咳嗽着噴濺◇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。➤a coughing fit一陣咳嗽◇He 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。
cough verb ⇨cough (coughing and sneezing)⇨vomit (cough up blood)cough
verb
cough ♦︎ sneeze ♦︎ choke ♦︎ clear your throatThese are all words for what you do when sth is blocking the passage of air to your lungs, or when air is forced suddenly out of your throat or nose.这些词均表示咳嗽、打喷嚏、哽噎等。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to make sb cough / sneeze / choke◆to cough / clear your throat loudly / nervously■cough [intransitive] to force out air suddenly and noisily through your throat, for example when you have a cold咳嗽◆I couldn't stop coughing.我咳嗽不止。◆She coughed nervously and looked at me.她紧张地咳嗽了一下,又看了看我。▸cough
noun
[countable] ◆She gave a little cough to attract my attention.她轻咳了一声以引起我的注意。■sneeze [intransitive] 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◆I've been sneezing all morning.我一上午都打喷嚏。▸sneeze
noun
[countable] ◆He gave a violent sneeze.他打了个大喷嚏。■choke [intransitive, transitive] to be unable to breathe because the passage to your lungs is blocked or you cannot get enough air; to make sb unable to breathe哽噎;(使)窒息◆He was choking on a piece of toast.他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。◆She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.她几乎被浓烟呛死。◆The device contains small parts which could easily choke a child.这个装置有小零件,很容易使儿童窒息。■clear your ˈthroat
idiom
to cough so that you can speak clearly清喉咙;清嗓子◆She cleared her throat. 'I hope I'm not interrupting,' she said.她清了清嗓子,说道:“我希望我没有造成打扰。”