(also hiccough)Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense hiccups, present participle hiccuping, present participle hiccupping, past tense, past participle hiccuped, past tense, past participle hiccupped
1 also hiccough.
2N-COUNT [oft n NOUN]小问题;(尤指)暂时的耽搁 You can refer to a small problem or difficulty as a hiccup, especially if it does not last very long or is easily put right. 小问题;(尤指)暂时的耽搁 [Also + in]
A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about.
用不着为最近销售上出现的一点小问题感到惊慌。
Despite the occasional hiccup, the US and Laos have had quite cordial relations.
3N-UNCOUNT [oft theNOUN]呃逆;打嗝 When you have hiccups, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat, often because you have been eating or drinking too quickly. 呃逆;打嗝
A young baby may frequently get a bout of hiccups during or soon after a feed.
小婴儿进食过程中或刚刚进食后经常会打嗝。
4N-COUNT 打嗝声 A hiccup is a sound of the kind that you make when you have hiccups. 打嗝声
5VERB 呃逆;打嗝 When you hiccup, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat. 呃逆;打嗝
She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole. [VERB]
1 ( hiccough) sound made in the throat打嗝聲ADJECTIVE | VERB + HICCUPADJECTIVE➤small小的打嗝聲➤loud響嗝VERB + HICCUP➤give, let out打嗝◇She gave a loud hiccup.她打了一個響嗝。hiccup
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2 ( hiccough) hiccupsseries of hiccups連聲打嗝VERB + HICCUPS➤get不停地打嗝◇I ate too quickly and got hiccups. (BrE) 我吃得太快,結果不停地打嗝。◇I ate too quickly and got the hiccups. (NAmE) 我吃得太快,結果不停地打嗝。➤have打嗝◇He had hiccups. (BrE) 他接連打嗝。◇He had the hiccups. (NAmE) 他接連打嗝。hiccup
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3 ( hiccough) small problem小問題ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little, minor, slight小事兒➤occasional偶然的小毛病➤initial最初的小毛病▸➤temporary暫時的耽擱PREPOSITION➤hiccup in⋯中的小挫折◇This one defeat was the only hiccup in the team's steady progress.這次失利只是球隊在穩步前進的道路上唯一的小挫折。