cough
noun · verb · interjectionA2- Tiếng Việt:
- ho
ho. Họ từ COUGH — danh từ: cough; động từ: cough.
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
Sometimes she coughed up blood.
- 2.
(transitive)To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
He almost coughed himself into a fit.
- 3.
(transitive)To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
- 4.
(figuratively, transitive)To surrender (information); to confess.
- 5.
(figuratively, slang, transitive)Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).
- 6.
(intransitive)To push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth, usually to expel something blocking or irritating the airway.
I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.
- 7.
(intransitive)To make a noise like a cough.
The engine coughed and sputtered.
- 8.
(intransitive, slang)To surrender information; to confess, to spill the beans.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough.
- 2.
A bout of repeated coughing (verb etymology 1 sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.
whooping cough
Sorry, I can’t come to work today—I’ve got a nasty cough.
Đồng nghĩa: tussis
- 3.
(figuratively)(figurative) A noise or sound like a cough (etymology 2, noun sense 1).
- 4.
A vocalisation from a bird or other animal resembling a human cough.
interjection
interjection- 1.
Used to represent the sound of a cough (noun sense 1), especially when focusing attention on a following utterance, often an attribution of blame or a euphemism: ahem.
He was—cough—indisposed.
Cụm từ thường dùng
cough up
giới từ đi kèm
bad cough
cụm thông dụng
cough syrup
cụm thông dụng
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From Middle English coughen, coghen (to cough; to vomit), from Old English *cohhian (compare cohhetan), from *kuh- (to cough), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin.