1(of a substance) causing vomiting
(物质)催吐的
1.1informal nauseating or revolting
〈非正式〉使人恶心的, 令人作呕的:
that emetic music endemic to department stores.
百货公司特有的那种令人生厌的音乐。
a medicine or other substance which causes vomiting
催吐药, 催吐剂
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Greek emetikos, from emein 'to vomit'.