hiccup
- 英式英标[\'hɪkəp]
- 美式音标[\'hɪkʌp]
n. 打嗝
vi. 打嗝
vt. 呃逆着（或间断地）说出
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.).
中文解释
1. 电影《驯龙高手》：故事的主人公是一个叫希卡普(Hiccup)的维京少年，又被意译为昵称：小嗝嗝。
实用例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She gave a loud hiccup.
- 她打了一个响嗝。
来自《权威词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自辞典例句