cough

n. 咳嗽
vi. 咳嗽
vt. 咳出
【医】 咳(嗽)
相关词组:
cough down
cough out
cough up
cough up sth

动词过去式:coughed 过去分词:coughed 现在分词:coughing 第三人称单数:coughs 

cough

v.（动词）
coughed,cough.ing,coughs
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To expel air from the lungs suddenly and noisily, often to keep the respiratory passages free of irritating material.
咳，咳嗽：从肺里突然的带有声响地排出气体，通常为了使呼吸道不受物质阻碍
To make a noise similar to noisy expulsion of air from the lungs:
发出咳嗽般的声音：制造象从肺里有声音地放气般的声音，发出象咳嗽般的声音：
例句：
The engine coughed and died.
发动机喀隆了几声就熄火了

v.tr.（及物动词）
To expel by coughing:
通过咳嗽排出：
例句：
coughed up phlegm.
咳出痰

n.（名词）
The act of coughing.
咳嗽：咳嗽的动作
An illness marked by frequent coughing.
咳嗽病：以经常性咳嗽为特点的病

<常用词组>cough up 【俚语】
To hand over or relinquish (money or another possession), often reluctantly.
勉强交出：掏出或放弃（金钱或其他财产），通常是不情愿地
To confess or disclose:
承认或供出：
例句：
When he saw that the police might arrest him, he coughed up the details of what he had seen.
当他意识到警察也许会逮捕他，才全盘托出他看到的一切

来源：
Middle English coughen
中古英语 coughen
[ultimately of imitative origin]
[极大程度上源自模仿]