cough
/kɒf/ (bre, ipa) · /kɔːf/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkȯf/ (ame, mw) · /kɑːf/ (ame, ipa)
cough — 動詞
1. when you cough, your body suddenly pushes air up from your chest and out through
咳嗽
從喉嚨用力排出空氣
when you cough, your body suddenly pushes air up from your chest and out through your mouth, producing a short sharp noise; this often happens because you are ill, smoke is in the air, or something is blocking your throat
Inês coughed loudly during the concert and quickly covered her mouth.
Inês 在音樂會上大聲咳嗽，然後趕緊捂住嘴巴。
intransitive + manner adverb
The smoke from the fire made Lakshmi cough for several minutes.
火災的煙霧讓 Lakshmi 咳了好幾分鐘。
cause + make someone + infinitive (without to)
Wei could not stop coughing after his morning run in the cold park.
Wei 在寒冷的公園晨跑後，忍不住一直咳嗽。
The doctor asked Dewi to cough so she could check her breathing.
醫生請 Dewi 咳嗽一下，以便檢查她的呼吸。
Isabela coughed when the dusty book fell open in her face.
那本佈滿灰塵的書在 Isabela 面前翻開時，她咳了起來。
- hack
a rough, dry, repeated cough; more informal and implies a harsh sound
- clear one's throat
a gentler action done on purpose to get attention or prepare to speak, not a real cough
- wheeze
breathing with a whistling sound; more about difficulty breathing than a sudden cough
文法句型
cough
cough + adverb
cough up + noun
用法筆記
Usually intransitive. The transitive form appears almost only with 'up' — for example, 'cough up blood' or 'cough up phlegm.'
常見錯誤
2. if an engine or a machine coughs, it makes a sudden rough sound that suggests it
引擎異響
引擎或機器發出類似咳嗽的聲音
if an engine or a machine coughs, it makes a sudden rough sound that suggests it has a problem or is about to stop
The old van's engine coughed loudly before it finally stopped.
老廂型車的引擎大響一聲，然後終於熄火了。
engine + coughed + before + stopped — sequence pattern
Tamar heard the generator cough and then the lights went off.
Tamar 聽到發電機發出喀喀聲，接著燈就熄了。
The lawnmower coughed twice as Kian tried to start it again.
Kian 試著重新啟動割草機時，它喀喀響了兩聲。
Élise's motorcycle coughed and died at the traffic light.
Élise 的摩托車在紅綠燈前喀喀響了幾聲後就熄火了。
文法句型
engine + coughs
engine + coughed + and + stopped/died
用法筆記
Describes a repeated rough noise from an engine that is struggling, often followed by the engine stopping completely. The sound is compared to a human cough because of its short, explosive quality.
cough — 名詞
1. the action of pushing air out of your lungs through your mouth with a short loud
咳嗽聲
咳嗽的動作或發出的聲音
the action of pushing air out of your lungs through your mouth with a short loud sound, or the sound that this action makes
A loud cough from the back row made everyone turn around.
後排傳來一聲大咳，讓每個人都轉過頭來。
loud cough — adjective + noun collocation
Amelia gave a small cough to get the waiter's attention.
Amelia 輕輕咳了一聲，想引起服務生的注意。
give a cough — light verb construction
We heard a dry cough coming from behind the closed door.
我們聽到緊閉的門後傳來一聲乾咳。
The only sound in the silent room was a single cough.
那間寂靜的房間裡唯一的聲音，就是一聲咳嗽。
文法句型
a + adjective + cough
give a cough
hear a cough
用法筆記
Can refer either to the action itself ('she gave a cough to warn him') or to the sound produced ('I heard a cough in the hallway'). The light verb 'give' is very common with this sense.
常見錯誤
2. a medical condition, often caused by a cold or infection, in which a person coug
咳嗽症狀
使人頻繁咳嗽的疾病
a medical condition, often caused by a cold or infection, in which a person coughs many times over a period of days or weeks
Femi has had a bad cough for more than two weeks now.
Femi 已經嚴重咳嗽了兩個多星期。
have a (bad) cough — most common pattern
The doctor gave Stephanie some medicine for her dry cough.
醫生給了 Stephanie 一些治療乾咳的藥。
medicine for a cough — preposition collocation
The child's cough kept both parents awake all night long.
孩子的咳嗽讓父母整晚都沒睡。
A dry cough like this one can take weeks to go away.
像這樣的乾咳可能需要好幾週才會好。
- cold
a viral infection that includes coughing, but also sneezing, a runny nose, and sore throat
文法句型
have a cough
a + adjective + cough (illness)
cough + lasts / goes away
用法筆記
Countable noun, usually with an article: 'a cough,' 'the cough.' To talk about the symptom in general rather than a specific illness episode, use the verb form or the uncountable 'coughing' ('Coughing keeps me awake at night' instead of 'a cough keeps me awake at night').