hiccup
英 ['hɪkʌp]
美 ['hɪkəp]
- n. 打嗝
- vi. 打嗝
- vt. 呃逆著（或間斷地）說出
助記提示
1. 電影《馴龍高手》：故事的主人公是一個叫希卡普(Hiccup)的維京少年，又被意譯為昵稱：小嗝嗝。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about.
- 用不著為最近銷售上出現的一點小問題感到驚慌。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She gave a loud hiccup.
- 她打了一個響嗝。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Despite the occasional hiccup, the US and Laos have had quite cordial relations.
- 盡管偶爾出現一些小的磕碰，美國和老撾一直保持著很友好的關係。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. This one defeat was the only hiccup in the team's steady progress up the League.
- 這次失利隻是球隊在朝聯賽穩步前進的道路上唯一的小挫折.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. There's been a slight hiccup in our mailing system.
- 我們的郵政係統臨時出了一點小問題.
來自辭典例句