| 单词 | retch |
| 释义 | retch (once / 16214 pages) vn To retch is to gag, or nearly vomit. The smell of a passing garbage truck on a hot summer day might make you retch. Sometimes, retch is used to literally mean "throw up," but it usually means to come very close to throwing up without actually vomiting. You might retch because you're sick, or when you have to eat something you hate, like overcooked cauliflower. Retch is also a noun: "When I heard the retch from the bathroom, I knew he'd caught that stomach bug." Originally, to retch meant "to clear the throat." WORD FAMILYretch: retched, retches, retching USAGE EXAMPLESRetching, a character called Aughenbaugh produces “variations on the theme of his name.” Slate(Nov 30, 2016) Then she was on all fours, next to the wall, retching. Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns(2007) After ingesting the peppers, the unidentified man was driven into a violent fit of vomiting and retching. Los Angeles Times(Oct 19, 2016) 1v make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit Syn gag, heave 2v eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth Syn|Ant|Hyper barf, be sick, chuck, disgorge, throw up, vomit up keep down manage not to throw up egest, eliminate, excrete, pass eliminate from the body 3n an involuntary spasm of ineffectual vomiting Syn|Hyper heave spasm (pathology) sudden constriction of a hollow organ (as a blood vessel) |
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