"hack up" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 剁成碎塊
• 支離破碎
• 用力咳嗽

Definition

用銳器粗暴地把某物切成小塊，或劇烈咳嗽，好像要把喉嚨裡的東西咳出來。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

非正式，略帶粗俗，常用來形容用力砍碎或猛咳出痰。經常出現於暴力場景（如 'hack up a body'）或醫學場景（如 'hack up phlegm'）。不要與‘hack’（駭客）混淆。

Examples

He used a knife to hack up the old tree branches.

他用刀把舊樹枝**剁成碎塊**。

The chef needed to hack up the chicken before cooking.

廚師在烹飪前需要把雞肉**剁成碎塊**。

He tried to hack up the log, but the axe was too blunt.

他試圖把木頭**剁成碎塊**，但斧頭太鈍了。

Every winter, I end up hacking up a lot of phlegm when I catch a cold.

每到冬天感冒時，我都會**用力咳嗽**咳出很多痰。

The old butcher could hack up an entire carcass in minutes.

那位老屠夫幾分鐘就能把整隻屍體**剁成碎塊**。

He kept hacking up during the meeting, and everyone could hear him cough.

他在會議上不斷**用力咳嗽**，大家都能聽見。