- A hiccup is a jerky, repeated contraction in your diaphragm — it's a sort of involuntary tic you can feel in your throat and chest. People who have hiccups usually make a "hic" sound.
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- n. 打嗝
- vi. 打嗝
- vt. 呃逆着（或间断地）说出
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1. Those who have overcome adversity are likely to be better equipped to deal with such challenges than someone who has sailed along without even a hiccup.
与一直平稳航行、连一次短暂颠簸都没有经历过的人相比，那些克服了逆境的人可能更善于应对此类挑战。
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2. I would say that it can also cure hiccups but, frankly, a glass of water should do the same thing, as the chemicals in coke don’t offer any special “anti-hiccup” magic.
我还想说的是它其实也可以治疗打嗝，但是，老实说来，一杯水应该也可以解决这个问题，因为可乐的化学成分中没有能提供特殊“防打嗝”魔力的。
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3. Long ago up north on the Island of Berk, the young Viking, hiccup, wants to join his town's fight against the dragons that continually raid their town.
很久以前在北方博克岛上，维京少年小嗝嗝想加入到镇上与龙战斗的队伍中去，此前那些龙持续不断的袭击他们的城镇。
- hiccup (n.) 1570s, hickop, earlier hicket, hyckock, "a word meant to imitate the sound produced by the convulsion of the diaphragm" [Abram Smythe Palmer, "Folk-Etymology," London, 1882]. Compare French hoquet, Danish hikke, Persian hikuk, Hindi hichki, 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.) 1570s; see hiccup (n.).
hic·cup ( also hic·cough ) / ˈhɪkʌp ; NAmE ˈhɪkʌp / noun , verb hiccup hiccups hiccuped hiccuping noun 1 [countable ] a sharp, usually repeated, sound made in the throat, that is caused by a sudden movement of the diaphragmand that you cannot control 嗝；呃逆 ◆ She gave a loud hiccup. 她打了一个响嗝。 2 (the) hiccups [plural ] a series of hiccups 一连串的打嗝 ◆ I ate too quickly and got hiccups. 我吃得太快，结果不断地打嗝。 ◆ He had the hiccups. 他接连打嗝。 3 [countable ] ( informal) a small problem or temporary delay 小问题；暂时性耽搁 ◆ There was a slight hiccup in the timetable. 时间安排上出了点小问题。 verb [intransitive ] to have hiccupsor a single hiccup 打嗝；打呃 hic·cup / ˈhɪkʌp ; NAmE ˈhɪkʌp /
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