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croup

noun
🔊/kruːp/
🔊/kruːp/
 [uncountable]
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  1. a disease of children that makes them cough (= force air through the throat noisily) a lot and have difficulty breathing哮吼（儿童疾病，咳得厉害，呼吸困难）Topics Illnessc2
    Word Originmid 18th cent.: from dialect croup ‘to croak’, of imitative origin.