词族 · retch
英语词源
- retch (v.)
- 1540s, originally "to clear the throat, to cough up phlegm," from Old English hræcan "to cough up, spit" (related to hraca "phlegm"), from Proto-Germanic *khrækijan (cognates: Old High German rahhison "to clear one's throat"), of imitative origin (compare Lithuanian kregeti "to grunt"). Meaning "to make efforts to vomit" is from 1850; sense of "to vomit" is first attested 1888. Related: Retched; retching.
权威例句
- 1. The smell made me retch.
- 这种味道让我恶心。
- 2. The smell made her retch.
- 这气味让她恶心。
- 3. As always, the gin made him shudder and even retch slightly.
- 像往常一样, 他感到一阵哆嗦,甚至有些恶心.
- 4. To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.
- 窒息, 作呕, 因为痉挛使人反胃、想吐.
- 5. The foul smell of his body made me retch.
- 他身上的难闻气味使我恶心.