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单词 regurgitate
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Definition of regurgitate in English:

regurgitate

verb rɪˈɡəːdʒɪteɪtrəˈɡərdʒəˌteɪt
[with object]
  • 1Bring (swallowed food) up again to the mouth.

    将(咽下的食物)回流(到口中);反胃

    gulls regurgitate food for the chicks

    鸥回翻食物来哺育雏鸟。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, in the two months prior to his clinic visit, he had nearly daily episodes of severe chest pain that was typically triggered by food intake and resolved only after regurgitating his food.
    • Stomach acid that is repeatedly regurgitated can damage the lining of the gullet.
    • Before six months of age chicks continue to stay around the nest as their parents bring back food and regurgitate it for them.
    • And it starts pecking and the mother then regurgitates half digested food into the gaping mouth of the chick, the chick swallows it and it's happy.
    • Kelvin started spitting hysterically, and swallowing down large amounts of water before regurgitating the water back out again.
    • Patients may miss appointments, may not actually swallow the pills, or may deliberately regurgitate the medications.
    • If someone with this condition being fed by tube develops a problem, they may regurgitate and choke on their food.
    • They then navigate back in the dark and head for their burrows before any predators catch them regurgitating the fish for their greedy chicks.
    • Any moment now he was going to regurgitate breakfast.
    • She frequently regurgitated undigested food, which alleviated the pressure and chest discomfort.
    • The bee transports her precious contents to the hive, where she regurgitates it from the honey sac to a waiting house bee.
    • Feeding events were easily identified by characteristic sounds, including persistent begging calls and adult bill clapping, but especially the clearly identifiable sound of a parent regurgitating food to the chick.
    • I really felt like I was going to regurgitate the biscuits I'd consumed at my brother's house.
    • I felt so out of it that James had to stop the car for me to catch a breath of fresh air before I regurgitated that morning's breakfast in the car.
    • He's living off regurgitated food from his mother at the moment.
    Synonyms
    vomit, bring up, disgorge
    archaic regorge
    1. 1.1 Repeat (information) without analysing or comprehending it.
      〈喻〉刻板地重复,依样复述;机械地背(或默)出;死记硬背
      facts which can then be regurgitated at examinations

      考试时可依样画葫芦默写的事实。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She reads that and studies it, and then believe it or not, regurgitates all of the symptoms in that book back to Hutchinson.
      • Mostly, they can regurgitate facts, theories - they can prepare for exams.
      • Meanwhile, much of the public have turned their backs on the campaigns, apparently uninterested in politicians regurgitating programs not very different from those of the 1999 general elections.
      • They feel that to be successful they simply have to regurgitate the material during examinations.
      • And there were always enough hacks about to swallow and regurgitate the disinformation they were fed daily.
      • They want a populace that will absorb spin as fact and regurgitate it when ‘tested’ on election day.
      • Those children who prove best able to adapt to the system and the speed of it all are deemed ‘bright’ because they were able to focus on the narrow confines of subject matter and regurgitate it.
      • If it sounds like I'm writing a paper for film school, that's because I'm basically regurgitating one of my papers from film school.
      • I wish people would bother to learn some history instead of regurgitating propaganda.
      • It tried to gauge how well pupils were able to apply their knowledge in real life rather than simply regurgitate facts and figures.
      • I hardly listen to radio in the morning, except to quickly digest the news, much of which is regurgitated from the previous night anyway.
      • Most simply regurgitate the same old reductive, formulaic information.
      • Facts were received, processed, stored then regurgitated, pitched perfectly at the needs of essay and exam marker.
      • All too often, journalists refer to official documents, such as the latest White Paper, regurgitating details but without any analysis of their validity in a rapidly changing strategic environment.
      • The kids are encouraged to not just regurgitate information they find on the Internet, but instead process it and use it to help express their own ideas.
      • The research service regurgitated a report early last week which said that ethics law required all members of the commission to make public a list of any clients who'd paid them over $5,000 within the last two years.
      • There are a lot of people out there who will steer you in the wrong direction because they are just regurgitating old information that might have worked years ago.
      • Others stayed home to protest at the over-control of the campaign, the same men in grey suits regurgitating their party mantra like speaking clocks.
      • The 32-year-old Iraqi-American actress calls herself a ‘sponge’, listening, soaking up and regurgitating stories.
      Synonyms
      repeat, say again, restate, recapitulate, iterate, reiterate, recite, rehearse, parrot
      informal trot out

Derivatives

  • regurgitation

  • noun rɪˌɡəːdʒɪˈteɪʃ(ə)nrəˌɡərdʒəˈteɪʃ(ə)n
    • It's just a regurgitation of what they've already said.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Most reports cannot hide the fact that they are mere regurgitations of numbers and figures, wholly lacking in analysis, original thought, or even an interesting writing style.
      • The majority of talks actually attended were generally either surprisingly uneducated or straightforward regurgitations.
      • The media spectacle becomes a steady regurgitation of what's being fed from on high.
      • All other ‘evidence’ is a regurgitation of his words.

Origin

Late 16th century: from medieval Latin regurgitat-, from the verb regurgitare, from Latin re- 'again, back' + gurges, gurgit- 'whirlpool'.

  • This comes from medieval Latin regurgitare, formed from Latin re- ‘again, back’ and gurges ‘whirlpool’. It was first applied to fluids or gases to mean ‘gush, pour back again’. It was only in the mid 18th century that it came to mean vomit.

Rhymes

ingurgitate

Definition of regurgitate in US English:

regurgitate

verbrəˈɡərdʒəˌteɪtrəˈɡərjəˌtāt
[with object]
  • 1Bring (swallowed food) up again to the mouth.

    将(咽下的食物)回流(到口中);反胃

    gulls regurgitate food for the chicks

    鸥回翻食物来哺育雏鸟。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He's living off regurgitated food from his mother at the moment.
    • And it starts pecking and the mother then regurgitates half digested food into the gaping mouth of the chick, the chick swallows it and it's happy.
    • Feeding events were easily identified by characteristic sounds, including persistent begging calls and adult bill clapping, but especially the clearly identifiable sound of a parent regurgitating food to the chick.
    • However, in the two months prior to his clinic visit, he had nearly daily episodes of severe chest pain that was typically triggered by food intake and resolved only after regurgitating his food.
    • I really felt like I was going to regurgitate the biscuits I'd consumed at my brother's house.
    • Any moment now he was going to regurgitate breakfast.
    • She frequently regurgitated undigested food, which alleviated the pressure and chest discomfort.
    • Before six months of age chicks continue to stay around the nest as their parents bring back food and regurgitate it for them.
    • Stomach acid that is repeatedly regurgitated can damage the lining of the gullet.
    • If someone with this condition being fed by tube develops a problem, they may regurgitate and choke on their food.
    • I felt so out of it that James had to stop the car for me to catch a breath of fresh air before I regurgitated that morning's breakfast in the car.
    • Patients may miss appointments, may not actually swallow the pills, or may deliberately regurgitate the medications.
    • Kelvin started spitting hysterically, and swallowing down large amounts of water before regurgitating the water back out again.
    • They then navigate back in the dark and head for their burrows before any predators catch them regurgitating the fish for their greedy chicks.
    • The bee transports her precious contents to the hive, where she regurgitates it from the honey sac to a waiting house bee.
    Synonyms
    vomit, bring up, disgorge
    1. 1.1 Repeat (information) without analyzing or comprehending it.
      〈喻〉刻板地重复,依样复述;机械地背(或默)出;死记硬背
      facts that can then be regurgitated at examinations

      考试时可依样画葫芦默写的事实。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It tried to gauge how well pupils were able to apply their knowledge in real life rather than simply regurgitate facts and figures.
      • There are a lot of people out there who will steer you in the wrong direction because they are just regurgitating old information that might have worked years ago.
      • They want a populace that will absorb spin as fact and regurgitate it when ‘tested’ on election day.
      • The kids are encouraged to not just regurgitate information they find on the Internet, but instead process it and use it to help express their own ideas.
      • All too often, journalists refer to official documents, such as the latest White Paper, regurgitating details but without any analysis of their validity in a rapidly changing strategic environment.
      • Others stayed home to protest at the over-control of the campaign, the same men in grey suits regurgitating their party mantra like speaking clocks.
      • Most simply regurgitate the same old reductive, formulaic information.
      • Mostly, they can regurgitate facts, theories - they can prepare for exams.
      • I wish people would bother to learn some history instead of regurgitating propaganda.
      • Facts were received, processed, stored then regurgitated, pitched perfectly at the needs of essay and exam marker.
      • Meanwhile, much of the public have turned their backs on the campaigns, apparently uninterested in politicians regurgitating programs not very different from those of the 1999 general elections.
      • The research service regurgitated a report early last week which said that ethics law required all members of the commission to make public a list of any clients who'd paid them over $5,000 within the last two years.
      • They feel that to be successful they simply have to regurgitate the material during examinations.
      • Those children who prove best able to adapt to the system and the speed of it all are deemed ‘bright’ because they were able to focus on the narrow confines of subject matter and regurgitate it.
      • And there were always enough hacks about to swallow and regurgitate the disinformation they were fed daily.
      • I hardly listen to radio in the morning, except to quickly digest the news, much of which is regurgitated from the previous night anyway.
      • If it sounds like I'm writing a paper for film school, that's because I'm basically regurgitating one of my papers from film school.
      • She reads that and studies it, and then believe it or not, regurgitates all of the symptoms in that book back to Hutchinson.
      • The 32-year-old Iraqi-American actress calls herself a ‘sponge’, listening, soaking up and regurgitating stories.
      Synonyms
      repeat, say again, restate, recapitulate, iterate, reiterate, recite, rehearse, parrot

Origin

Late 16th century: from medieval Latin regurgitat-, from the verb regurgitare, from Latin re- ‘again, back’ + gurges, gurgit- ‘whirlpool’.

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