throw up

vomir

Rejeter par la bouche des aliments ou du liquide provenant de l’estomac.

En anglais simple : Food or liquid comes back out of your stomach through your mouth.

• I feel like I might throw up.
• She threw up after the bus ride.
• Has the baby thrown up again?

Comment l'utiliser : throw up something (He threw up his breakfast.)

Synonymes : vomit, be sick

Expressions courantes : throw up food, throw up again

révéler, faire apparaître

Faire surgir ou révéler de nouveaux faits, problèmes ou possibilités.

En anglais simple : Something produces or reveals new facts, problems, or possibilities.

• The test may throw up problems.
• Our research threw up several surprising facts.
• What questions has the investigation thrown up?

Comment l'utiliser : throw up something (The survey threw up some unexpected results.)

Synonymes : reveal, produce, bring to light

Expressions courantes : throw up questions, throw up problems, throw up surprises

soulever, projeter en l’air

Faire monter dans l’air de la poussière, de l’eau ou de petits objets.

En anglais simple : Something makes dust, water, or small objects fly into the air.

• The wheels throw up mud.
• A passing boat threw up a wall of spray.
• Strong winds were throwing up sand along the beach.

Comment l'utiliser : throw up something (The truck threw up a cloud of dust.)

Synonymes : kick up, send up

Expressions courantes : throw up dust, throw up spray, throw up stones

vomi

Aliments ou liquide rejetés de l’estomac par la bouche.

En anglais simple : Food or liquid that has come back out of someone’s stomach through their mouth.

• There was throw-up on the floor.
• The nurse cleaned the throw-up from his shirt.
• That bucket is full of throw-up.

Synonymes : vomit

Expressions courantes : throw up everywhere, baby throw up