vomit
verb(also informal throw up)
[intransitive, transitive]to bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth synonym be sick呕;吐;呕吐 The smell made her want to vomit. 那气味使得她想要吐。 - vomit something up
He had vomited up his supper. 他把晚饭吃的东西都吐了出来。 - vomit something
The injured man was vomiting blood. 那受伤的人在吐血。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc2Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited. 科比特倚在墙边, 马上呕吐了起来。 He vomited up all that he had eaten for lunch. 他把午饭吃的东西全吐了出来。 The symptoms include headaches, nausea and vomiting. 病征包括头痛、恶心和呕吐。 They gave her salty water to make her vomit. 他们给她喝盐水好让她吐出来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- violently
- up
- want to
- make somebody
- nausea and vomiting
- vomiting and diarrhoea
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French vomite (noun) or Latin vomitus, from vomere ‘to vomit’.