• vt. 吐出；使……嘔吐
• vi. 嘔吐；吐出
• n. 嘔吐；嘔吐物；催吐劑

來自PIE*weme,嘔吐，吐出，擬聲詞，詞源同emetic.

vomit

vomit: [14] Vomit comes from vomitus, the past participle of Latin vomere ‘vomit’. This was descended from the prehistoric Indo-European base *wem-, which also produced Greek emeín ‘vomit’ (source of English emetic [17]).
=> emetic

vomit (n.)

late 14c., "act of expelling contents of the stomach through the mouth," from Anglo-French vomit, Old French vomite, from Latin vomitus, from vomitare "to vomit often," frequentative of vomere "to puke, spew forth, discharge," from PIE root *weme- "to spit, vomit" (cognates: Greek emein "to vomit," emetikos "provoking sickness;" Sanskrit vamati "he vomits;" Avestan vam- "to spit;" Lithuanian vemiù "to vomit," Old Norse v?ma "seasickness"). In reference to the matter so ejected, it is attested from late 14c.

vomit (v.)

early 15c., from Latin vomitus, past participle of vomitare (see vomit (n.)). Related: Vomited; vomiting.

1. The taste of blood in her throat made her want to vomit.

她嗓子里的血腥味讓她直惡心。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Any product made from cow's milk made him vomit.

任何乳制品都會讓他嘔吐。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She began to vomit blood a few days before she died.

她臨死前幾天開始吐血。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The smell made her want to vomit.

那氣味使得她想要吐。

來自《權威詞典》

5. They gave her salty water to make her vomit.

他們給她喝鹽水好讓她吐出來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》