regurgitate
/rɪˈgɜːdʒɪteɪt/verb
with obj.
1- bring (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。
1.1
- figurative 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。
派生词
regurgitation
noun词源
late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin regurgitat-, from the verb regurgitare, from Latin re- 'again, back' + gurges, gurgit- 'whirlpool'.