cough up
短语
大学
咳出, 勉强说出
发音
US
词形变化
coughed up
coughing up
coughs up
三单
coughs up
coughing up
现在分词
coughed up
过去式
coughed up
过去分词
别名
couch up
释义与例句
v.
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1.
To expel from the lungs, throat, stomach, etc. by coughing.
及物He was coughing up blood.
He was coughing up a lung.
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2.
To reluctantly or unwillingly give.
Of money: to pay or disburse reluctantly.
习语 非正式 及物Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?
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3.
To reluctantly or unwillingly give.
Of other objects: to hand over, give.
习语 非正式 及物Cough it up, Cooper.
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4.
To reluctantly or unwillingly give.
To confess; to give up information.
习语 非正式 不及物 俚语 及物 -
5.
To lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest.
习语That team had the game won, but they coughed it up in the end.
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6.
To spill, to fumble.
习语 及物
词汇关系
词源
From Middle English coughen up, equivalent to cough + up. Sense 2.1 was perhaps influenced by coffers of money.
来源：wiktionary