cough

英 [k?f] 美[k?f]

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復(fù)數(shù):?coughs;第三人稱單數(shù):?coughs;過去式:?coughed;過去分詞:?coughed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?coughing;

擬聲詞

cough 咳嗽

擬聲詞，模仿咳嗽的聲音。

cough: cough: [14] Although it is largely disguised by the modern English pronunciation, cough is of onomatopoeic origin. It came from a prehistoric Germanic base *kokh- (the kh pronounced not unlike the ch of loch), which initiated the sound of coughing. This has no recorded Old English descendant (although one probably existed, *cohhian), and first appears in the language as Middle English coughen.
cough (v.): early 14c., coughen, probably in Old English, but not recorded, from Proto-Germanic *kokh- (with the rough "kh" of German or of Scottish loch; cognates: Middle Dutch kochen, Middle High German kuchen). Onomatopoeic. Related: Coughed; coughing. As a noun from c. 1300.

2. I'll have to cough up $10,000 a year for tuition.: 我每年將不得不付1萬美元的學(xué)費(fèi)。

3. His cough grew more persistent until it never stopped.: 他咳嗽持續(xù)的時(shí)間越來越長，直到咳個(gè)不停。

4. Try gargling with salt water as soon as a cough begins.: 一開始咳嗽就馬上試著用鹽水漱口。

5. He suffered from a snotty nose, runny eyes and a slight cough.: 他又是流鼻涕，又是流眼淚，還有點(diǎn)咳嗽。