| 单词 | hiccup |
| 释义 | hiccupWord family nounhiccupadjectivehiccupy Human hic·cup1, hiccough /ˈhɪkʌp, -kəp/ noun [countableC] 1 [usually plural]HBHBREATHE a sudden repeated stopping of the breath, usually caused by eating or drinking too fast 呃逆，打嗝 get/have hiccups British EnglishBrE, get/have the hiccups American EnglishAmE Don’t drink so fast – you’ll get hiccups. 别喝这么快——会打嗝的。 2 PROBLEMa small problem or delay 小问题；短暂的耽搁 hiccup in a hiccup in the negotiations 谈判中出现的小问题 Examples from the Corpus hiccup• But he also assumes that the economy will keep chugging along with barely a hiccup of a recession.• Our job today is just a hiccup in time.• A hiccup, possibly, but no decent restaurant should produce one of that size.• Nausea, vomiting and hiccup with aversion to warm food and desire for cold food.• The sales drive was interrupted by a legal hiccup.• The airline industry's troubles are a mere hiccup in an otherwise upward growth trend.• There were a few minor hiccups in the space shuttle launch.• That was the only hiccup in Llanelli's 10-try victory, although they were not the highest scorers of the day.• There was a slight hiccup when I couldn't find my car keys, but finally we set off.• The event started with a slight hiccup when it was discovered that the batteries were in the wrong way round.• My training is going very well apart from the slight hiccup with the railway line. get/have the hiccups• I got the hiccups, excuse me. Human hiccup2 verb (hiccupped, hiccupping) [intransitiveI] HBHBREATHEto have hiccups 打嗝 Examples from the Corpus hiccup• Two days before admission he noted abdominal distension and began to hiccup.• Under the black vinyl the waters burbled and hiccuped.• Would-be lovers belch or hiccup at decisive moments.• Suffolk people hiccup half their words away.• Rufus went on laughing, hiccuping with laughter. (1500-1600) From the sound |
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