cough: [14] Although it is largely disguised by the modern English pronunciation, cough is of onomatopoeic origin. It came from a prehistoric Germanic base *kokh- (the kh pronounced not unlike the ch of loch), which initiated the sound of coughing. This has no recorded Old English descendant (although one probably existed, *cohhian), and first appears in the language as Middle English coughen.
cough (v.)
early 14c., coughen, probably in Old English, but not recorded, from Proto-Germanic *kokh- (with the rough "kh" of German or of Scottish loch; cognates: Middle Dutch kochen, Middle High German kuchen). Onomatopoeic. Related: Coughed; coughing. As a noun from c. 1300.
雙語例句
1. Will this be enough to persuade Congress to cough up?
這能說服國會掏錢嗎？
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2. I'll have to cough up $10,000 a year for tuition.
我每年將不得不付1萬美元的學(xué)費(fèi)。
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3. His cough grew more persistent until it never stopped.
他咳嗽持續(xù)的時間越來越長，直到咳個不停。
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4. Try gargling with salt water as soon as a cough begins.
一開始咳嗽就馬上試著用鹽水漱口。
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5. He suffered from a snotty nose, runny eyes and a slight cough.