《权力的游戏》中花式玩转cough.

　　When I found you, I thought you'd been dead for days. The way you were stinking already and you had bugs all over you and bone was coming through right there. I was gonna give you a proper burial and then you coughed. Oh, nearly shit myself.

　　当初发现你的时候，我还以为你死掉几天了，你当时臭气熏天，满身都是虫子，骨头都从这里穿出来了。正打算好好埋了你，你咳嗽了一声。我差点儿拉在裤子里。

　　Cough

　　例句示范BY友友

　　A cough helps to remove irritants from the respiratory system.

　　咳嗽有助于把刺激物从呼吸系统中排除。

　　In these sentences, "cough" is a verb:

　　在下列例句中，cough是个动词：

　　He's coughing because he's sick.

　　因为生病，他一直在咳嗽。

　　She started to cough because she swallowed a fly.

　　她因为吞了一只苍蝇，所以开始咳嗽。

　　I have to make an appointment with a doctor because I can't stop coughing.

　　因为我不停地咳嗽，所以不得不预约了一位医生。

　　In these sentences, "cough" is a noun:

　　在下列例句中，cough是个名词：

　　He has a bad cough.

　　他咳嗽很严重。

　　You should see a doctor about that cough.

　　你应该找个医生看看咳嗽。

　　The conductor of the orchestra got angry because of all the coughing during the performance.

　　乐队指挥因为表演过程中的所有不和谐声音而感到生气。

　　You can also use "cough" as an adjective:

　　你还可以把cough用作形容词：

　　Cough syruphelps reduce the fects of a cold.

　　止咳糖浆有助于缓解感冒。

　　Cough drops help if you have a sore throat.

　　如果你喉咙痛的话，来点止咳药片会好很多。

　　Robitussin is strong cough medicine.

　　诺比舒咳是很有效的止咳药。

　　"Cough it up" is a popular expression in English. It means to hand something over to another person, especially money:

　　Cough it up是英语中很流行的表达方式，意为把某物交给某人，尤其指钱：

　　If you owe money to the I.R.S., you'd better cough it up or pay a penalty.

　　如果你欠了美国国税局的钱，你最好上交钱款或者支付违约金。

　　Most of us were able to cough up a few bucks to help the man buy a train ticket.

　　我们中的大部分人都能拿出一些钱来帮那个人买张火车票。