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hiccup

英 ['hɪkʌp] 美 ['hɪkəp]

解释

n. 打嗝
vi. 打嗝
vt. 呃逆着（或间断地）说出

※ 提供单词"hiccup"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

hiccup 打嗝

拟声词，模仿打嗝的声音。

英文词源

hiccup (n.): 1570s, hickop, earlier hicket, hyckock, "a word meant to imitate the sound produced by the convulsion of the diaphragm" [Abram Smythe Farmer, "Folk-Etymology," London, 1882]. Compare French hoquet, Danish hikke, etc. Modern spelling first recorded 1788; An Old English word for it was ælfsogoða, so called because hiccups were thought to be caused by elves.
hiccup (v.): 1580s; see hiccup (n.).

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例句和用法

1. 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。

2. She gave a loud hiccup.: 她打了一个响嗝。

3. Despite the occasional hiccup, the US and Laos have had quite cordial relations.: 尽管偶尔出现一些小的磕碰，美国和老挝一直保持着很友好的关系。

4. This one defeat was the only hiccup in the team's steady progress up the League.: 这次失利只是球队在朝联赛稳步前进的道路上唯一的小挫折.

5. There's been a slight hiccup in our mailing system.: 我们的邮政系统临时出了一点小问题.