retch
verb /retʃ/
/retʃ/
[intransitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they retch | /retʃ/ /retʃ/ |
| he / she / it retches | /ˈretʃɪz/ /ˈretʃɪz/ |
| past simple retched | /retʃt/ /retʃt/ |
| past participle retched | /retʃt/ /retʃt/ |
| -ing form retching | /ˈretʃɪŋ/ /ˈretʃɪŋ/ |
- to make sounds and movements as if you are vomiting although you do not actually do so
synonym heave (4)干呕;干哕 - The smell made her retch.
这气味让她恶心。
词源mid 19th cent.: variant of dialect reach, from a Germanic base meaning ‘spittle’. - The smell made her retch.