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vomit

verb
🔊/ˈvɒmɪt/
🔊/ˈvɑːmɪt/
(also informal throw up)
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they vomit
🔊/ˈvɒmɪt/
🔊/ˈvɑːmɪt/
he / she / it vomits
🔊/ˈvɒmɪts/
🔊/ˈvɑːmɪts/
past simple vomited
🔊/ˈvɒmɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈvɑːmɪtɪd/
past participle vomited
🔊/ˈvɒmɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈvɑːmɪtɪd/
-ing form vomiting
🔊/ˈvɒmɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈvɑːmɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth呕；吐；呕吐 synonym be sick
    • 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。🔊🔊
    see also sick
    Extra Examples
    • Corbett 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。
    Topics Illnessc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • violently
    • up
    verb + vomit
    • want to
    • make somebody
    phrases
    • nausea and vomiting
    • vomiting and diarrhoea
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French vomite (noun) or Latin vomitus, from vomere ‘to vomit’.

vomit

noun
🔊/ˈvɒmɪt/
🔊/ˈvɑːmɪt/
[uncountable]
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  1. food from the stomach brought back out through the mouth呕吐物
    • You must ensure that an unconscious person does not choke on their own vomit.你必须确保昏迷者不被自己的呕吐物给噎着。
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French vomite (noun) or Latin vomitus, from vomere ‘to vomit’.