hiccup

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.
    — There was a loud hiccup from the back of the room and the class erupted in laughter.
  2. A spasm of the diaphragm, or the resulting sound.; A case of the hiccups; the condition of having the spasms of hiccupping; singultus; diaphragmatic myoclonus.
  3. Any spasm or sudden change. broadly
    — Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and hiccup in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.
  4. A minor obstacle or setback. informal
    — There's been a slight hiccup in the processing of this quarter's results.
动词 v.
  1. To produce a hiccup; have the hiccups. intransitive
  2. To say with a hiccup. transitive
    — "I haven't touched a drop, officer," the suspect hiccupped.
  3. To produce an abortive sound like a hiccup. intransitive
    — The car engine hiccupped but wouldn't start.

词形变化

hiccups plural hiccough alternative,UK hickup alternative,archaic hiccups present,singular,third-person hiccuping participle,present hiccupping participle,present hiccuped participle,past hiccuped past hiccupped participle,past hiccupped past hiccough alternative,UK hickup alternative,archaic

词汇关系

上位词
myoclonus
衍生词
hiccuper hiccuplike hiccupy
相关词
hiccups

词源

词源 1
From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix).
Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”).
Displaced yex, from Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).
词源 2
From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix).
Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”).
Displaced yex, from Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).
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