regurgitate

regurgitate
[rɪˈgə:dʒɪteɪt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]bring (swallowed food) up again to the mouth
    将（咽下的食物）回流（到口中）；反胃
    gulls regurgitate food for the chicks.
    鸥回翻食物来哺育雏鸟。
    ■(figurative)repeat (information) without analysing or comprehending it
    (喻)刻板地重复，依样复述；机械地背（或默）出；死记硬背；人云亦云
    facts which can then be regurgitated at examinations.
    考试时可依样画葫芦默写的事实。
派生
regurgitation
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin regurgitat-, from the verb regurgitare, from Latin re- 'again, back' + gurges, gurgit- 'whirlpool'
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