whoost

whoost (third-person singular simple present whoosts, present participle whoosting, simple past and past participle whoosted) (intransitive, dialectal) To cough. whoost (plural whoosts) (dialectal) A cough.

词形变化

whoosts 复数 whoosted whoosting whoosts 三单 whoosts whoosting 现在分词 whoosted 过去式 whoosted 过去分词

别名

hoost whost

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cough.

    方言
v.
  1. 1.

    To cough.

    方言 不及物

词源

From Middle English host, from Old English hwōsta (“a cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô (“a cough”). Cognate with German Husten (“a cough”), Alemannic German Wüeste (“a cough”), Danish hoste (“a cough”), Icelandic hósti (“a cough”).

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