vom·it
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/ |
- to bring food from the stomach back out through the mouth
呕；吐；呕吐 - The smell made her want to vomit.
那气味让她想吐。 - 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 Health problemsc2- 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。
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’. - The smell made her want to vomit.