| 单词 | hiccup |
| 释义 | hiccup (once / 7766 pages) nv A hiccup is a jerky, repeated contraction in your diaphragm — it's a sort of involuntary tic you can feel in your throat and chest. People who have hiccups usually make a "hic" sound. Hiccups are a kind of spasm that can be brief or linger frustratingly. One man famously suffered from hiccups for 68 years — for that whole time, not a single folk remedy (doing a headstand, drinking water fast, being scared by someone, and so on) worked to relieve them. The word hiccup is imitative of the sound of hiccups. An Old English word for it was ælfsogoða, "elf heartburn," since hiccups were thought to be caused by elves. WORD FAMILYhiccup: hiccuped, hiccuping, hiccupped, hiccupping, hiccups USAGE EXAMPLESAmar ultimately agrees with Scott that national election laws would be necessary to guide recount processes and smooth over any other potential hiccups. Slate(Dec 19, 2016) It wasn’t without imperfections: The quality of the solo voices ranged widely this year, and there were some coordination hiccups. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) After some early hiccups, they introduced whiskey to the masses. New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1n (usually plural) the state of having reflex spasms of the diaphragm accompanied by a rapid closure of the glottis producing an audible sound; sometimes a symptom of indigestion how do you cure the hiccups? Syn|Hyper hiccough, singultus inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus symptom(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease 2v breathe spasmodically, and make a sound When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water Syn|Hyper hiccough breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs |
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