mửa
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Definition
- Verb:
- To vomit; to spew up (food): The act of involuntarily expelling the contents of the stomach through the mouth.
- To spew forth (figuratively): Used metaphorically to describe something being expelled or emitted forcefully or in a manner reminiscent of vomiting.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đứa bé bị say xe và đã mửa ra ngoài cửa sổ. (The child got carsick and vomited out the window.)
- Anh ấy cảm thấy buồn nôn và sắp mửa. (He feels nauseous and is about to vomit.)
- Núi lửa mửa ra dung nham và tro bụi. (The volcano spewed forth lava and ash.)
Advanced Usage
- "mửa mật" (literally: to vomit bile): To be extremely disgusted or nauseated, often used figuratively.
- Nghe tin đó, tôi tức đến mức muốn mửa mật. (Hearing that news, I was so angry I felt like vomiting bile.)
- "mửa ra": To vomit out; can be used literally or figuratively for revealing something unpleasant.
- Hắn ta mửa ra tất cả bí mật dưới áp lực. (He vomited out all the secrets under pressure.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nôn (verb): A more common and slightly more formal synonym for "to vomit."
- Bệnh nhân có triệu chứng buồn nôn và nôn. (The patient has symptoms of nausea and vomiting.)
- Ọe (verb): To retch; to make the sound and motion of vomiting, often without expelling much.
- Ngửi mùi đó, nó chỉ ọe ra nước dãi. (Smelling that odor, he just retched and drooled.)
- Thổ (verb): A literary or formal term for "to vomit."
- Mửa mật xanh mật vàng (idiomatic expression): To be extremely angry or disgusted (literally: to vomit green and yellow bile).
Synonyms
- Nôn (ra): To vomit.
- Thổ (ra): To vomit (more formal/literary).
- Ọe: To retch, to gag.
Related Idioms
- "Làm như mèo mửa": To do something carelessly, hastily, and poorly; to botch a job (literally: to do [something] like a cat vomiting).
- Bài tập này cậu làm như mèo mửa, toàn lỗi. (You did this homework like a cat vomiting, it's full of mistakes.)