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单词 achoo
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achoov.

Brit. /əˈtʃuː/, U.S. /əˈtʃu/
Forms: 1900s– achoo, 1900s– ahchoo.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: achoo int.
Etymology: < achoo int.
intransitive. To make the sound ‘achoo’; to sneeze.In quot. 1898 used in a parody of the soliloquy in Hamlet iii. i. 58-67.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > have respiratory spasm [verb (intransitive)] > sneeze
neeze?c1335
fnesec1386
sneeze1493
achoo1898
1898 Chicago Daily News 8 Jan. 5/2 And by a-chooing end it—to sneeze, to snort—Ah, there's the grip.
1940 Chillicothe (Missouri) Constit. 12 Jan. 3/5 J. Roy Tucker..‘achooed’ so hard he broke a rib.
a1963 S. Plath Ariel (1965) 54 Barely daring to breathe or achoo.
1980 Jet 5 June 42/1 Tricia has been achooing every 15 seconds for seven months.
2001 A. M. Schoen Kindred Spirits (2002) ii. ii. 108 Sometimes he achooed three times in a row, each more violently than the last.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

achooint.n.

Brit. /əˈtʃuː/, U.S. /əˈtʃu/, /ˈætʃu/
Forms:

α. 1800s–1900s aitchoo, 1800s– achew, 1800s– achoo, 1800s– ahchew, 1900s ahschoo, 1900s ahshoo, 1900s– ahchoo, 1900s– atchoo, 2000s– aitshoo.

β. 1900s achoos.

Forms with o (or e) occurring three or more times are also attested. Also (in sense A.) with reduplication of the first syllable or the entire word.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative of the sound made when sneezing. Compare atishoo int. and n.
A. int.
Representing the sound of a sneeze. Cf. atishoo int. and n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > respiratory spasm [interjection] > sneeze
achoo1843
atishoo1878
1843 Lloyd's Penny Weekly Misc. 1 No. 42 671/2 ‘Leave off that sneezing, will you?’ ‘I really can't—a—chew.’
1857 National Mag. 1 164/2 How to enjoy a cold. Ait-choo!
1887 Punch 29 Oct. 196/2 Achoo! Achoo! Oh! what shall I do?
1890 Oberlin Rev. Apr. 367/2 My nose it runs, my eyes do too; Oh dear! Ah choo!
1921 Daily Independent (Monessen, Pa.) 17 Aug. 3/2 Atchoo! Today the hay-fever symphony starts.
1940 Boys' Life Feb. 9/1 ‘No wonder—ah-chooooo!’ ‘What's the matter with you?’ Tommy inquired. ‘Hay makes me—ah—ah—ahCHOOOOO!’
1986 S. Gray Sex & Death to Age 14 71 Ah, ah, ah, ahchew! Oh, Melanie look! I sneezed my brains out.
2007 D. MacGillivray Riding Thunder 340 ‘Excuse me.’ Achoo-achoo. ‘Sorry, I'm allergic to—’ Achoo achoo ‘—dust mites.’
B. n.
An exclamation of ‘achoo’; a sneeze.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > respiratory spasms > [noun] > sneezing
neezinga1382
sneezing1495
sternutation1540
sneeze1646
neeze1656
sternutament1677
snick-up1692
achoo1883
1883 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 21 July 12/6 A well-developed ‘achoos’.
1914 Clearfield (Pa.) Weekly Progress 4 Sept. 8/5 Seeking a short respite from their racking ‘ahchoos’.., several hundred members of the United States Hay Fever association gathered here today.
1940 Miami (Okla.) Daily News-Record 3 Sept. 5/5 The harmless-looking bottle contains ragweed pollen and, if opened, could cause an ‘acho—oo’ of considerable proportions.
1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 120/2 (advt.) When Dad lets go with a deafening ‘a-choo’.
1984 L. Rooke Bolt White Cloth 172 I kept hearing things. A footstep. The creak of a board. Once or twice I could swear I heard water running. A little ‘achoo!’
2007 Prevention Apr. 38 (heading) The best traditional and natural remedies to ease your achoos.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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