English Dictionary

regurgitate

/ɹɪˈɡɝd͡ʒəˌteɪt/

verb

(transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed. / (transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.

The dog regurgitated its food.

意味（1）

(transitive) To throw up or vomit; to eject what has previously been swallowed.

[…] The flesh [of the mistletoe berry] is sticky, and forms strings and ribbons between my thumb and forefinger. For the mistletoe, this viscous goop – and by the way, viscous comes to English from viscum – is crucial. The stickiness means that, after eating the berries, birds often regurgitate the seeds and then wipe their bills on twigs – leading to the seeds' getting glued to the tree, where they can germinate and begin the cycle anew.

意味（2）

(transitive) To cough up from the gut to feed its young, as an animal or bird does.

The young gulls were fed by their mother’s regurgitated food.

意味（3）

(transitive, by extension) To repeat verbatim.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To be thrown or poured back; to rush or surge back.

Food may regurgitate from the stomach into the mouth.