Word · Frequency #23381
regurgitate
（使）回涌，（使）回流
pour or rush back
液体或气体倒流
- 1.
To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.
呕吐；吐出
- 2.
To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.
从胃中吐出食物喂养幼崽
- 3.
To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.
被抛回或倒回；涌回
反刍喂食；机械重复，照搬；呕吐；吐出；从胃中吐出食物喂养幼崽；被抛回或倒回；涌回
In use
The baby regurgitated the milk shortly after feeding.
She just regurgitated the same information from the lecture without adding any new insight.
The parent bird regurgitates food to feed its chicks.
regurgitate + noun (food, information)
及物用法，宾语为具体食物或抽象信息。
The mother bird regurgitates worms for her chicks.
母鸟反刍虫子喂给幼鸟。
regurgitate (intransitive)
不及物用法，常描述液体回流。
Acid from the stomach regurgitates into the oesophagus.
胃酸反流入食道。
regurgitate + noun + to/for + noun
引申义，指不加思考地重复。
Connections
Collocations
- regurgitate food
- 反刍食物；吐出食物
- The mother bird regurgitates food into her chick's mouth.母鸟把食物反刍到雏鸟嘴里。
- regurgitate a meal
- 把吃下的饭吐出来
- He felt nauseous and regurgitated his meal.他觉得恶心，把吃下的饭吐了出来。
- regurgitate milk
- 吐奶；漾奶
- The baby regurgitated some milk after his feed.宝宝吃完奶后吐了一些奶。
- regurgitate blood
- 吐血；呕血
- The patient regurgitated blood and was rushed to hospital.病人吐血，被紧急送往医院。
- regurgitate into the mouth
- 反流到嘴里
- Stomach acid can regurgitate into the mouth at night.胃酸可能在夜间反流到嘴里。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
re+gu+rgi+tate：胃里咕咕作响，把吞下的东西重新涌回嘴里吐掉，像反刍或呕吐。记住“咕”就是胃里翻涌的声音。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medical and clinical reports、biology and zoology texts、academic writing about rote learning 该词比较常见于正式写作和学术语境，多用于医学/生物学中描述吐出或反刍，也可在书面语中表示“机械地复述”（常含贬义）。日常口语中更常说 throw up 或 repeat。
Grammar Note
可作及物或不及物动词；常用搭配：regurgitate food/information
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有真正押韵的词：regurgitate 的重音在 /gəː/（riˈgəːdʒiteit），而这些词的重音位置和元音都不同；它们只是拼写上都以 -itate 结尾（读 /ɪteɪt/）。不要因拼写相似就误以为发音相同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.