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词汇 dry-heave
释义 dry heave
noun[ Cusually plural ]
 informaluk /ˌdraɪ ˈhiːv/ us /ˌdraɪ ˈhiːv/
a strong feeling of wanting and trying to vomit but without producing any vomit:
The spasms lasted for what seemed like hours, ending with dry heaves.
He complained of waves of nausea, dry heaves, and blurry vision.
She had a terrible case of the dry heaves.
It can provoke giddiness, nausea, and even dry heaves.
Retching or dry heaves involves the same physiological mechanisms as vomiting, but occurs against a closed glottis.
It was just one big dry heave that lasted several minutes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Vomiting & feelings of sickness
airsickness
bring
bring someone up
carsick
carsickness
chunder
disgorge
greenly
nausea
nauseatingly
puke
retch
sick something up
sick to your stomachidiom
sick-making
sickeningly
spew
spew (something) up
travel sickness
vomit
dry heave
verb[ I ]
 informaluk /ˌdraɪ ˈhiːv/ us /ˌdraɪ ˈhiːv/
to try to vomit, but without producing any vomit:
Even thinking about it makes me dry heave.
I was dry heaving, it made me so nauseous.
It made him sick, dry heaving from all sorts of pain.
The pain was stabbing and I spent most of the short procedure clutching the hand of my nurse and dry heaving.
He began hyperventilating, gagging, and dry heaving while lying on the floor.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Vomiting & feelings of sickness
airsickness
bring
bring someone up
carsick
carsickness
chunder
disgorge
greenly
nausea
nauseatingly
puke
retch
sick something up
sick to your stomachidiom
sick-making
sickeningly
spew
spew (something) up
travel sickness
vomit

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retch
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