coughyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɔfi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈkɒfi/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈkɑ.fi/
• 韻: -ɒfi, -ɔːfi
• Homophone: coffee

形容詞

coughy (comparative coughier, superlative coughiest)

1. Characterized by coughing.
   • 1996, Frank Freudberg, Gasp!: a novel of revenge, page 213:

     The man looked ill, and she hoped he didn't have that coughy flu that had been wiping out everyone at the office.

   • 2005, Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom, What philosophers think, page 215:

     This genial, frail, chain-smoking septuagenarian is an agreeable, good-humoured conversationalist, who frequently punctuates proceedings with hearty, coughy chuckles.