regurgitate
英[r?'g??d??te?t]
美[r?'ɡ?d??tet]
- vi. 回流；回涌；反胃；反芻
- vt. 使回流；使回涌；使反芻
英英釋意
- 1. pour or rush back;
- "The blood regurgitates into the heart ventricle"
- 2. feed through the beak by regurgitating previously swallowed food;
- "many birds feed their young by regurgiating what they have swallowed and carried to the nest"
- 3. repeat after memorization;
- "For the exam, you must be able to regurgitate the information"
- 4. eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth;
- "After drinking too much, the students vomited"
- "He purged continuously"
- "The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night"