英和和英

動詞

dry-heave (third-person singular simple present dry-heaves, present participle dry-heaving, simple past and past participle dry-heaved)

1. To attempt to vomit with the ejection of only gas.
   • 2020, Bryan Washington, Memorial, Atlantic Books (2021), page 162:

     I followed as he hobbled toward the bathroom, and my father barely made it to the toilet before he started dry-heaving, knees spread on the tile.

   • 2021 August 13, Fern Brady, “Hot shame, dry heaving and dream audiences: a standup’s return to Edinburgh fringe”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     The venue manager was the happiest I’ve ever seen him. I smiled, trying to mirror his enthusiasm then excused myself to dry heave in the toilets.

名詞

dry-heave (plural dry-heaves)

1. An attempt to vomit that ejects only gas.
   • 1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author—All of the above and more”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 8:

     She spent three days in the college infirmary trying to contain her overwhelming feelings of nausea and despair. Every morning for months, she would awake with the dry heaves.

   • 2010 February 1, Andrew Clark, “On prayer, birds and dry heaving - the testing of Henry Paulson”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     Frequent prayer, interludes of bird-watching and a timely outbreak of dry heaves helped Henry Paulson save the American financial system from collapse, in spite of a stark lack of co-operation from Britain, according to a newly published memoir from President Bush's treasury secretary.

同意語

• dry vomit