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clear your throat phrase
⇨ cough cough verb cough ♦︎ sneeze ♦︎ choke ♦︎ clear your throatThese are all words for what you do when sth is blocking the passage of air to your lungs, or when air is forced suddenly out of your throat or nose. 这些词均表示咳嗽、打喷嚏、哽噎等。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to make sb cough / sneeze / choke◆to cough / clear your throat loudly / nervously■ cough [intransitive] to force out air suddenly and noisily through your throat, for example when you have a cold 咳嗽◆I couldn't stop coughing.我咳嗽不止。◆She coughed nervously and looked at me.她紧张地咳嗽了一下，又看了看我。▸ cough noun [countable] ◆She gave a little cough to attract my attention.她轻咳了一声以引起我的注意。■ sneeze [intransitive] to have air come suddenly and noisily out through your nose and mouth in a way that you cannot control, for example because you have a cold 打喷嚏◆I've been sneezing all morning.我一上午都打喷嚏。▸ sneeze noun [countable] ◆He gave a violent sneeze.他打了个大喷嚏。■ choke [intransitive, transitive] to be unable to breathe because the passage to your lungs is blocked or you cannot get enough air; to make sb unable to breathe 哽噎；（使）窒息◆He was choking on a piece of toast.他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。◆She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.她几乎被浓烟呛死。◆The device contains small parts which could easily choke a child.这个装置有小零件，很容易使儿童窒息。■ clear your ˈthroat idiom to cough so that you can speak clearly 清喉咙；清嗓子◆She cleared her throat. 'I hope I'm not interrupting,' she said.她清了清嗓子，说道：“我希望我没有造成打扰。” |