vomiting
/ˈvɒm.ɪ.tɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · [vˈɑmətɪŋ] /ˈvɑː.mɪ.t̬ɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · [vˈɑmətɪŋ] /ˈvä-mət How to pronounce vomit (audio)/ (ame, mw)
vomiting — 名詞
1. The physical process in which the body pushes the food and liquid inside the sto
嘔吐
胃部內容物經口腔排出的動作
The physical process in which the body pushes the food and liquid inside the stomach back up and out through the mouth, typically because of illness or something harmful that was swallowed.
The nurse told Yael that vomiting after surgery is normal and should pass quickly.
護士告訴 Yael，手術後嘔吐是正常的，很快就會過去。
vomiting after surgery — noun in subject position of that-clause
Severe vomiting can lead to dehydration, especially in young children and elderly people.
嚴重嘔吐可能導致脫水，尤其是幼兒和老年人。
severe vomiting — adjective + uncountable noun
Noor's vomiting stopped after she drank the clear liquid prescribed by the doctor.
Noor 在喝了醫生開的清澈液體後，嘔吐的情況就停止了。
A stomach virus was causing vomiting among students, so the school sent a letter home.
一種腸胃病毒在學生中引起嘔吐，於是學校發了一封信回家通知家長。
Camille's vomiting was so frequent that her mother took her straight to the emergency room.
Camille 吐得太頻繁，她母親直接送她去急診室。
- sickness
broader term that includes vomiting and general nausea
- being sick
informal British English equivalent, used as a noun phrase
- settled stomach
the state after vomiting stops and the stomach feels calm again
文法句型
possessive + vomiting
用法筆記
Frequently used with possessive determiners (his vomiting, the child's vomiting) or adjectives describing severity (severe, persistent, frequent). This noun is uncountable; do not use 'a vomiting' to refer to a single event.
常見錯誤
vomiting — 動詞
- vomitingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- vomitings3rd person singular
- vomitinging-ing form
- vomitingedpast simple
1. When a person or animal vomits, the stomach muscles contract and push food or li
嘔吐；吐出
胃部劇烈收縮排出內容物
When a person or animal vomits, the stomach muscles contract and push food or liquid up and out through the mouth, usually because they feel sick or have eaten something harmful.
Hao vomited twice during the night after eating the spoiled fish from the market.
Hao 在吃了市場買的變質魚之後，晚上吐了兩次。
intransitive — vomited (no object)
The chemical smell made Sirin so dizzy that she thought she would vomit.
化學藥品的味道讓 Sirin 頭暈到覺得自己快要吐了。
vomit after modal — intransitive
Their dog vomited on the living room carpet after chewing on a plastic toy.
他們的狗在咬了塑膠玩具之後，吐在了客廳的地毯上。
David felt nauseous and vomited the meal he had just eaten at the restaurant.
David 感到噁心，把剛在餐廳吃的飯菜都吐了出來。
- keep down
to manage to keep food or drink in the stomach, not vomit
文法句型
vomit + (contents)
vomit (no object)
用法筆記
The intransitive use (He vomited) is far more common in everyday speech. The transitive use (He vomited his dinner) is used when specifying what came up. In informal British English, 'be sick' or 'throw up' are more frequent than 'vomit'.
常見錯誤
2. To gush or be thrown out with great force, used for describing liquids, smoke, f
噴湧；湧出
像噴發般猛烈排出
To gush or be thrown out with great force, used for describing liquids, smoke, fire, or other substances escaping violently from a confined space.
Thick black smoke vomited from the chimney of the old factory for hours.
濃濃的黑煙從舊工廠的煙囪裡噴湧了好幾個小時。
vomited from [source] — intransitive with direction
Mud and water vomited from the burst pipe and flooded the entire basement.
泥漿和水從爆裂的水管中噴湧而出，淹沒了整層地下室。
vomited from — substance as subject
The volcano vomited lava high into the air, covering the nearby town in grey ash.
火山向空中噴湧出熔岩，附近的城鎮被灰色的火山灰覆蓋。
The car engine vomited a thick cloud of black smoke while Lakshmi watched from the sidewalk.
汽車引擎噴出一團濃濃的黑煙，當時 Lakshmi 正從人行道上看著。
文法句型
vomit + from/out of/into
用法筆記
This figurative sense is found mainly in descriptive or literary writing. The subject is typically a natural force (volcano, geyser), a machine (pipe, chimney), or a vehicle (ship, engine). Avoid using this sense in ordinary conversation about illness.
3. To make a person or animal throw up the contents of their stomach, whether as a
催吐
引起嘔吐行為
To make a person or animal throw up the contents of their stomach, whether as a side effect of a substance, a physical experience, or as a deliberate medical treatment.
The chemical smell was strong enough to make anyone who came too close vomit.
化學藥品的氣味強烈到足以讓任何靠得太近的人嘔吐。
make + person + vomit — periphrastic causative
The rough sea voyage made half the passengers vomit before the ship reached the harbour.
波濤洶湧的海上航程讓一半的乘客在船抵達港口之前就吐了。
made + person + vomit — periphrastic causative
The doctor warned that the new treatment might cause patients on an empty stomach to vomit.
醫生警告說，新療法空腹服用可能會使病人嘔吐。
The spoiled shellfish made Beatrix vomit twice before her mother called the doctor.
變質的貝類讓 Beatrix 吐了兩次，她母親才打電話叫醫生來。
- make sick
the standard everyday equivalent; 'The smell made her sick'
- induce vomiting
medical term; 'The doctor induced vomiting to remove the poison'
- settle
to calm the stomach; 'Ginger tea settled his stomach'
文法句型
make + person + vomit
cause + person + to vomit
用法筆記
This causative sense does not exist as a transitive construction in modern English. To express that something causes a person to vomit, always use a periphrastic construction: make [person] vomit, cause [person] to vomit, or induce vomiting. A sentence like 'the smell vomited her' is ungrammatical in current English.