cough

英 [kɒf] 美 [kɔːf]

• v. 咳嗽；咳
• n. 咳嗽

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. & vt. 咳嗽

   send out air from the mouth and throat in a noisy way

n. (名词)

1. [C]咳,咳嗽

   send out air from the mouth and throat in a noisy way

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 咳，咳嗽，咳出
2. （发动机等)发出咳嗽似的喀喀声
3. <英口>认罪，供认

n. 名词

1. 咳嗽
2. 咳嗽病
3. 咳嗽声，类似咳嗽的声音
4. <俚>真实可信的证据

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

Verb:

1. exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion;

   "The smoker coughs all day"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Cover your mouth when you cough.
   咳嗽时要捂上嘴。
2. I cough a great deal last night.
   我昨夜咳嗽得很厉害。
3. She cough to give him the hint that he shall go.
   她咳了一声，向他暗示他该走了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. You really ought to/should do something about that cough!
   你咳嗽那麽厉害，真得治一治了！
2. The baby has a cough.
   婴儿咳嗽了。
3. She gave a quiet cough to attract my attention.
   她轻轻地咳了一声好引起我注意。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. He coughed in order to clear his throat.
   他咳了一声,清了清嗓子。
2. He's coughing badly because he has a cold.
   他感冒了,咳得很厉害。
3. The engine coughed and sputtered into life.
   这发动机启动时喀喀作响。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. He has coughed blood.
   他咳血了。
2. He started coughing blood.
   他开始咳血了。
3. She coughed a terrible cough.
   她咳嗽得非常厉害。

用作宾补动词

S+～+ pron. + adj.

1. He coughed himself hoarse.
   他咳得嗓子沙哑了。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The medicine may ease your cough.
   这种药能减轻你的咳嗽。
2. His illness started with a slight cough.
   他的病是从轻微咳嗽开始的。
3. You should consult your doctor about your cough.
   你咳嗽了,应当去找医生看看。
4. She developed a cough.
   她咳嗽起来了。
5. Have you got a cough?
   你咳嗽吗?
6. The hunter's cough scared the deer.
   猎人的咳嗽声使鹿受惊。
7. He heard a quiet cough.
   他听到轻轻的一声咳嗽。
8. She gave a quiet cough to attract our attention.
   她轻咳一声以引起我们的注意。
9. Tom has a cough.
   汤姆咳嗽了。
10. Winter is a time of cough and cold.
    冬季是易患咳嗽和感冒的季节。
11. A cold can easily cause a cough.
    感冒了就容易咳嗽。
12. He had short dry coughs.
    他干咳了几声。

经典引文

• What disease hast thou?..A whoreson cold, sir, a cough, sir.

  出自：2 Henry IV , Shakespeare

• It was but the cart-horse coughing.

  出自： Yeats

• Pothinus coughs admonitorily.

  出自： G. B. Shaw

• The reluctance of the patient to cough and to clear his airways.

  出自： J. H. Burn

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

cough up (v.+adv.)

掏出,交出 produce (money or information) unwillingly
cough up
He owes us money, but he won't cough up.

他欠我们钱,却不愿还账。
Come on, cough up, who did it?

好了,说出来,是谁干的? cough sth ⇔ up
The little boy coughed up a fish-bone.

那小孩咳出一根鱼刺。
He'd been coughing up blood.

他那时一直在咳血。 cough up
She was shocked at the bill, but she had to cough up.

她颤抖地拿着这张支票,但不得不交出。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+副词

• cough hard 咳嗽得厉害
• cough badly 咳嗽得厉害
• cough loudly 大声地咳嗽
• cough down 用咳嗽声掩盖(某讲话者)的声音
• cough out 咳出
• cough up 咳出

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• cure a cough 治好咳嗽
• develop a cough 患咳嗽
• ease a cough 使咳嗽缓解
• have a cough 咳嗽
• suffer from a cough 患咳嗽
• relieve a cough 使咳嗽减轻

形容词+～

• awful cough 可怕的咳嗽
• bad cough 厉害的咳嗽
• dry cough 干咳
• hoarse cough 嘶哑的咳嗽
• low cough 低声咳嗽
• persistent cough 持续的咳嗽
• short cough 短促的咳嗽声
• slight cough 轻微的咳嗽
• terrible cough 严重的咳嗽
• troublesome cough 讨厌的咳嗽
• warning cough 警告〔提醒〕式的咳嗽声

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. cough的基本意思是“咳嗽”,是拟声词。多用作不及物动词,偶尔也用作及物动词,接血、痰等名词作宾语,表示“咳出”; cough还可接同源宾语,这时通常有一个形容词或形容词短语修饰它。
2. cough还可接“反身代词+形容词”构成的复合宾语,表示“咳得…”。
3. cough用于比喻意时,意为“喀喀作响”。

n. (名词)

1. cough的意思是“咳”,指喉或气管的粘膜受到刺激时迅速吸气,然后强烈呼气,声带振动发声的动作。
2. cough一般用作普通名词,可数,其前可加不定冠词a,也可用复数形式。cough作“咳嗽病”解时，只用单数形式。

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古英语的coughen；最初源自原始日耳曼语的kokh-。

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