单词 | hiccup |
释义 | hic·cup I. or hic·cough 1. 2. or hiccups plural but sometimes singular in construction < severe hiccups is sometimes seen after operation — Lancet > < intractable hiccup … may be successfully treated — Journal American Medical Association > II. also hiccough intransitive verb 1. 2. < the locomotive hiccuped and belched a gobbet of smoke into the air — S.H.Adams > transitive verb < was hiccuping out the lines — W.M.Thackeray > III. also hiccough 1. < a few hiccups in the computer system > < whatever hiccup in the genetic code … sets them off from their fellows — Karl Nyren > 2. a. < during that hiccup in the nation's affairs, when it faced economic disaster — Stephen Fay > b. < a hiccup in the stock market > |
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