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cough up

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源自cough + up

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cough up (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 coughs up,現在分詞 coughing up,一般過去時及過去分詞 coughed up)

  1. 咳出
    He was coughing up blood.
    他在血。
    He was coughing up a lung.
    (比喻)他肺都要咳出来了。
  2. (俗語及物非正式) 不情愿地交出
    1. 指钱 (不情愿地)支付
      Do you think he'll be able to cough up the three grand by Tuesday?
      你觉得他周二前能交出三千美元吗?
      • 2006, K. M. Soehnlein, You Can Say You Knew Me When,第 240 頁:
        " [] Usually businessmen. Married, middle-aged guys who'll cough up fifty bucks to smoke my pole."
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    2. 指其他事物 交出
      • 1926, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Land of Mist[1]:
        "Anyhow, you go and cough it up and then we shall see."
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      • 2013, The Big Bang Theory, season 6, episode 14:
        Cough it up, Cooper.
  3. (俗語) (在比赛快结束时出岔子而)失败
    That team had the game won, but they coughed it up in the end.
    那个队本来稳赢的,但是最后还是出岔子输了
  4. (及物俗語) (球)
    • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France[2]:
      England had never before come back to win from a margin of more than 12 points, and the errors continued to come thick and fast as Tom Croft became the latest to cough up the ball.
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