[N-COUNT 可数名词]小问题;(尤指)暂时的耽搁 You can refer to a small problem or difficulty as a hiccup, especially if it does not last very long or is easily put right.
[usu with supp]
A recent sales hiccup is nothing to panic about...
用不着为最近销售上出现的一点小问题感到惊慌。
Despite the occasional hiccup, the US and Laos have had quite cordial relations.
尽管偶尔出现一些小的磕碰,美国和老挝一直保持着很友好的关系。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]呃逆;打嗝 When you have hiccups, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat, often because you have been eating or drinking too quickly.
[also the N]
A young baby may frequently get a bout of hiccups during or soon after a feed.
小婴儿进食过程中或刚刚进食后经常会打嗝。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]打嗝声 A hiccup is a sound of the kind that you make when you have hiccups.
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[VERB 动词]呃逆;打嗝 When you hiccup, you make repeated sharp sounds in your throat.
[V]
She was still hiccuping from the egg she had swallowed whole.
刚才一口吞下整个鸡蛋,她现在还在打嗝。
Oxford
hic·cup(alsohic·cough)/ˈhɪkʌp; NAmEˈhɪkʌp/
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hiccuphiccupshiccupedhiccupingnoun1[countable ]a sharp, usually repeated, sound made in the throat, that is caused by a sudden movement of the diaphragmand that you cannot control 嗝;呃逆◆She gave a loud hiccup.她打了一个响嗝。2(the) hiccups[plural ]a series of hiccups一连串的打嗝◆I ate too quickly and got hiccups.我吃得太快,结果不断地打嗝。◆He had the hiccups.他接连打嗝。3[countable ]( informal) a small problem or temporary delay 小问题;暂时性耽搁◆There was a slight hiccup in the timetable.时间安排上出了点小问题。verb[intransitive ]to have hiccupsor a single hiccup打嗝;打呃hic·cup/ˈhɪkʌp; NAmEˈhɪkʌp/
1[usually plural] a sudden repeated stopping of the breath, usually caused by eating or drinking too fastget/have hiccups British English, get/have the hiccups American English Don’t drink so fast – you’ll get hiccups.2a small problem or delayhiccup in a hiccup in the negotiations
hiccup1 noun
hiccup2 verb
hiccuphiccup2 verb (past tense and past participle hiccupped, present participle hiccupping) [intransitive]
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