cough up

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing. transitive
    — He was coughing up blood.
  2. To reluctantly or unwillingly give.; Of money: to pay or disburse reluctantly. idiomatic,informal,transitive
    — Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?
  3. To reluctantly or unwillingly give.; Of other objects: to hand over, give. idiomatic,informal,transitive
    — By the time you get back the men will all be striking out for the fire, and we ’ll break for the house and collar the dollars. Everybody cough up what matches he ’s got.
  4. To reluctantly or unwillingly give.; To confess; to give up information. idiomatic,informal,intransitive,slang,transitive
  5. To lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest. idiomatic
    — That team had the game won, but they coughed it up in the end.
  6. To spill, to fumble. idiomatic,transitive
    — England had never before come back to win from a margin of more than 12 points, and the errors continued to come thick and fast as Tom Croft became the latest to cough up the ball.

词形变化

coughs up present,singular,third-person coughing up participle,present coughed up participle,past coughed up past

词源

From Middle English coughen up, equivalent to cough + up. Sense 2.1 was perhaps influenced by coffers of money.
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