hiccup
hiccup 英 ['hɪkʌp] 美 [ˈhɪkəp]
n. 打嗝 vi. 打嗝 vt. 呃逆着（或间断地）说出
进行时:hiccupping 过去式:hiccupped 过去分词:hiccuped 第三人称单数:hiccups 名词复数:hiccups
- 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.).
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