英语词汇“retch”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

retch

/rɛtʃ

verb [no object]

1Make the sound and movement of vomiting: the sour taste in her mouth made her retch...

Gabriel was very much awake, leaning over one side of the cot, coughing and retching as phlegm emitted from his mouth and fell to the floor.
She had seen him sweat and shake and retch in the grip of his craving.
Just a dry retch was all I could manage.

Synonyms

gag, heave, dry-heave, reach, convulse, almost vomit, have nausea, feel nauseous

informal keck

1.1 [with object] Vomit: he retched up a thin stream of vomit...

For one moment, you forget whether you have come to empty your bladder or retch up the morning's breakfast.
I have seen protruding bellies, working so hard to get nutrients out of food that only rests for a few minutes before being retched up again.
William was pleased that he had not been sick, although a few of the prisoners had spent most of the journey with their head over the side retching their empty stomachs out.

Synonyms

vomit, cough up, bring something up, regurgitate;

British be sick;

North American get sick

informal puke (something up), chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn

British informal honk, sick something up

Scottish informal boke

North American informal spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies, blow chunks

noun

A movement or sound of vomiting: with a sudden retch he vomited all over the floor...

Rayne finished retching up the small amount of food quickly, but continued dry, racking retches for several seconds.
I get up blindly and leave, and outside spit egg-and-bread into my hands, dry retches of nothing clogging my throat like the tears which keep coming.
After the last retch, Stine forcefully bit down on his lip, as if to keep from vomiting again.

Origin

Mid 19th century: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning 'spittle'.

单词	retch
释义	retch /rɛtʃ / verb [no object] 1Make the sound and movement of vomiting: the sour taste in her mouth made her retch... Gabriel was very much awake, leaning over one side of the cot, coughing and retching as phlegm emitted from his mouth and fell to the floor. She had seen him sweat and shake and retch in the grip of his craving. Just a dry retch was all I could manage. Synonyms gag, heave, dry-heave, reach, convulse, almost vomit, have nausea, feel nauseous informal keck 1.1 [with object] Vomit: he retched up* a thin stream of vomit... For one moment, you forget whether you have come to empty your bladder or retch up the morning's breakfast. I have seen protruding bellies, working so hard to get nutrients out of food that only rests for a few minutes before being retched up again. William was pleased that he had not been sick, although a few of the prisoners had spent most of the journey with their head over the side retching their empty stomachs out. Synonyms vomit, cough up, bring something up, regurgitate; British* be sick; North American get sick informal puke (something up), chunder, chuck up, hurl, spew, do the technicolor yawn British informal honk, sick something up Scottish informal boke North American informal spit up, barf, upchuck, toss one's cookies, blow chunks noun A movement or sound of vomiting: with a sudden retch he vomited all over the floor... Rayne finished retching up the small amount of food quickly, but continued dry, racking retches for several seconds. I get up blindly and leave, and outside spit egg-and-bread into my hands, dry retches of nothing clogging my throat like the tears which keep coming. After the last retch, Stine forcefully bit down on his lip, as if to keep from vomiting again. Origin Mid 19th century: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning 'spittle'. Rhymes etch, fetch, ketch, kvetch, lech, outstretch, sketch, stretch, vetch, wretch
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