hiccup• But he also assumes that the economy will keep chugging along with barely a hiccup of a recession.• Our job today is just a hiccup in time.• A hiccup, possibly, but no decentrestaurant should produce one of that size.• Nausea, vomiting and hiccup with aversion to warm food and desire for cold food.• The sales drive was interrupted by a legalhiccup.• The airline industry's troubles are a merehiccup in an otherwise upwardgrowthtrend.• There were a few minorhiccups in the spaceshuttlelaunch.• That was the only hiccup in Llanelli's 10-try victory, although they were not the highest scorers of the day.• There was a slighthiccup when I couldn't find my car keys, but finally we set off.• The event started with a slight hiccup when it was discovered that the batteries were in the wrong way round.• My training is going very well apart from the slight hiccup with the railway line.
get/have the hiccups• I got the hiccups, excuse me.
1 ( hiccough) sound made in the throat打嗝聲ADJECTIVE | VERB + HICCUPADJECTIVE➤small小的打嗝聲➤loud響嗝VERB + HICCUP➤give, let out打嗝◇She gave a loud hiccup.她打了一個響嗝。hiccup
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2 ( hiccough) hiccupsseries of hiccups連聲打嗝VERB + HICCUPS➤get不停地打嗝◇I ate too quickly and got hiccups. (BrE) 我吃得太快,結果不停地打嗝。◇I ate too quickly and got the hiccups. (NAmE) 我吃得太快,結果不停地打嗝。➤have打嗝◇He had hiccups. (BrE) 他接連打嗝。◇He had the hiccups. (NAmE) 他接連打嗝。hiccup
noun³
3 ( hiccough) small problem小問題ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤little, minor, slight小事兒➤occasional偶然的小毛病➤initial最初的小毛病▸➤temporary暫時的耽擱PREPOSITION➤hiccup in⋯中的小挫折◇This one defeat was the only hiccup in the team's steady progress.這次失利只是球隊在穩步前進的道路上唯一的小挫折。