hiccup
意味
- しゃっくり[の音]
- ちょっとした問題[遅れ]/ 〈V〉しゃっくりをする
例文
It's been a while now and my hiccups still haven't stopped.
さっきからしゃっくりが止まらない。
What should I do to stop hiccups?
しゃっくりを止めるにはどうすればいいんだろうか。
My hiccups won't stop at all.
しゃっくりがちっとも止まらないんだよ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From earlier hickop, alteration of earlier hicket, hyckock, from hic (onomatopoeic) + -ock (diminutive suffix). Akin to Scots hick, hix (“hiccup”), West Frisian hik (“hiccup”), Dutch hik (“hiccup”), Middle Low German hükup, huckup, hueckup (modern Low German hick (“hiccup”)), German hicksen (“to hiccup”, verb), Alemannic German Hidsgi (“hiccup”), Danish hikke (“hiccup”), Swedish hicka (“hiccup”), hicka (“to hiccup”, verb), Icelandic hiksti (“hiccup”). Displaced yex, from Middle English yexen, ȝisken, ȝixen, ȝoxen (“to hiccup”), from Old English ġiscian, ġeocsian (“to hiccup”).