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| 1 | I to force air up through your throat with a sudden noise , especially when you have a cold or when you want to get someone’ s attention 咳嗽 |
| My chest felt painful, and I was coughing uncontrollably. 我感到胸口疼痛，止不住地咳嗽起来。 |
| | 1a | T to force something such as blood out of your lungs by coughing 咳出 | |
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| 2 | I to make a sound like a cough 发出咳嗽般的声音 |
| The engine coughed into life. 发动机突突地发动起来。 |
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| - | ˌcough ˈup |
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| 1 | T | coughing up blood 咳血 | |
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| 2 | I/T informal to give money to pay for something , especially when you would prefer not to （尤指不情愿地）掏出（钱），付（钱） | Come on, cough up, it’ s your turn to pay. 来，掏钱吧，这回轮到你付了。 | | +for I had to cough up for the medical bills. 我不得不掏钱付医疗费。 | |
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| 3 | T BRITISH informal to admit something or give information about something that you would prefer other people did not know 勉强说出；供出 | He was eventually forced to cough up details of the crime. 他最后被迫供出犯罪细节。 | |
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