| 释义 |
upchuck, v. U.S. slang.|ˈʌptʃʌk|
[up adv.1: cf. to throw up s.v. throw v.1 48 b.]
intr. To vomit. Also trans.
1960Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 561/2 Up-chuck, upchuck, v.i., v.t. to vomit. Since c 1925... Considered a smart and sophisticated term c 1935, esp. when applied to sickness that had been induced by over⁓drinking. 1967‘T. Wells’ What should you know of Dying? i. 19 Anyway, Natalie had to upchuck, it's that kind of bug. 1975P. de Vries Glory of Hummingbird ii. 21 ‘Did I ever tell you about the time I got sick in Miss Haley's dancing class?’.. He..had quite copiously up⁓chucked. 1981‘A. Cross’ Death in Faculty i. 9 She up⁓chucked it..onto the bedroom floor. |