1. 咳嗽 When you cough, you force air out of your throat with a sudden, harsh noise. You often cough when you are ill, or when you are nervous or want to attract someone's attention.
e.g. Graham began to cough violently... 格雷厄姆開(kāi)始劇烈咳嗽。 e.g. He coughed. 'Excuse me, Mrs Allsworthy, could I have a word?' 他咳了一聲說(shuō)道，“奧爾斯沃西夫人，打斷您一下，我能說(shuō)句話(huà)嗎？”
coughing He was then overcome by a terrible fit of coughing. 接著(zhù)他便控制不住地劇烈咳嗽了一陣。
2. 咳嗽(病) A cough is an illness in which you cough often and your chest or throat hurts.
e.g. ...if you have a persistent cough for over a month. 如果你持續咳嗽一個(gè)月以上
3. 咯出(血等) If you cough blood or mucus, it comes up out of your throat or mouth when you cough.
e.g. I started coughing blood so they transferred me to a hospital. 我開(kāi)始咯血，于是他們把我轉到了醫院。
4. (發(fā)動(dòng)機等)突然發(fā)出刺耳的噪聲 If an engine or other machine coughs, it makes a sudden, harsh noise.
e.g. Then suddenly, the engine coughed, spluttered and died. 接著(zhù)，發(fā)動(dòng)機突然咔咔地響了幾聲，然后就熄火了。
相關(guān)詞組：cough up
cough英英釋義
noun
1. a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis
Synonym: coughing
verb
1. exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion