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单词 vomitorium
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Definition of vomitorium in English:

vomitorium

nounPlural vomitoriaˌvɒmɪˈtɔːrɪəmˌväməˈtôrēəm
  • 1Each of a series of entrance or exit passages in an ancient Roman amphitheatre or theatre.

  • 2A place in which, according to popular misconception, the ancient Romans are supposed to have vomited during feasts to make room for more food.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One first class ticket straight to the vomitorium please.
    • Thankfully there's no mention of vomitoria either.
    • The Romans did this and created the vomitorium where they could go after a large tasty meal, barf it all up, and start in again on another large tasty meal.
    • Masters and slaves exchanged roles and both ‘ate and drank themselves insensible; they would lurch to the vomitorium and stagger back for the next course.’
    • I had read somewhere about the practice in ancient Rome of having a vomitorium.
    • But consuming large amounts of food and drink while lying on one's side, waiting to use the vomitorium, is quite another.
    • Those were the days before seatbelts in the back, and we used to bounce around so merrily that by the end of any long voyage our bench was a glorified vomitorium.
    • Just stagger to the handy vomitorium and come back with appetite restored.
    • But it's a cruel myth that they would troop off to the vomitorium afterwards.

Origin

Latin.

Rhymes

auditorium, ciborium, conservatorium, crematorium, emporium, moratorium, sanatorium, scriptorium, sudatorium
 
 

Definition of vomitorium in US English:

vomitorium

nounˌväməˈtôrēəm
  • 1Each of a series of entrance or exit passages in an ancient Roman amphitheater or theater.

  • 2A place in which, according to popular misconception, the ancient Romans are supposed to have vomited during feasts to make room for more food.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But consuming large amounts of food and drink while lying on one's side, waiting to use the vomitorium, is quite another.
    • Just stagger to the handy vomitorium and come back with appetite restored.
    • Those were the days before seatbelts in the back, and we used to bounce around so merrily that by the end of any long voyage our bench was a glorified vomitorium.
    • Masters and slaves exchanged roles and both ‘ate and drank themselves insensible; they would lurch to the vomitorium and stagger back for the next course.’
    • The Romans did this and created the vomitorium where they could go after a large tasty meal, barf it all up, and start in again on another large tasty meal.
    • Thankfully there's no mention of vomitoria either.
    • But it's a cruel myth that they would troop off to the vomitorium afterwards.
    • One first class ticket straight to the vomitorium please.
    • I had read somewhere about the practice in ancient Rome of having a vomitorium.

Origin

Latin.

 
 
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