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retch

verb
🔊/retʃ/
🔊/retʃ/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they retch
🔊/retʃ/
🔊/retʃ/
he / she / it retches
🔊/ˈretʃɪz/
🔊/ˈretʃɪz/
past simple retched
🔊/retʃt/
🔊/retʃt/
past participle retched
🔊/retʃt/
🔊/retʃt/
-ing form retching
🔊/ˈretʃɪŋ/
🔊/ˈretʃɪŋ/
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  1. to make sounds and movements as if you are vomiting although you do not actually do so 干呕；干哕synonym heave (4)
    • The smell made her retch.这气味让她恶心。🔊🔊
    Word Originmid 19th cent.: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning ‘spittle’.