VIP Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

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morning sickness (n): the feeling of wanting to vomit experienced by some women during the first months of pregnancy
(孕妇)恶心,晨吐

sick (adj): feeling ill as if you are going to vomit
恶心的,想吐的
E.g.: Lucy felt sick the morning after the party.
露西在聚会后的第二天早上觉得恶心。
E.g.: If you eat any more of that cake, you’ll make yourself sick.
如果再吃一块那个块蛋糕,你会觉得恶心想吐。

vomit (v)to empty the contents of the stomach through the mouth
呕吐
E.g.: He came home drunk and vomited all over the kitchen floor.
他醉醺醺地回到家里,在厨房里吐了一地。

vomit (n)the contents of your stomach that have come up through your mouth:
E.g.: There was a pile of vomit on the floor.
E.g.: The smell of vomit made me want to be sick.

puke (v): to vomit:
E.g.: The baby puked all down my shirt.
E.g.: She puked her dinner up again.
puke (n)
E.g.: The floor was covered with puke.

throw (sth) up (v): to vomit
呕吐
E.g.: I spent all night throwing up.
我吐了一夜。
E.g.: He threw up his breakfast all over the back seat of the car.
他把早餐吐在了汽车后座上,到处都是。

slack off (v): to work less hard or to be less than is usual or necessary:
E.g.: Workers tend to slack off on Mondays and Fridays.
E.g.: Companies just want to make sure their employees aren’t slacking off.

miscarriage (n):an early, unintentional end to a pregnancy when the baby is born too early and dies because it has not developed enough
流产
E.g.: The amniocentesis test carries a significant risk of miscarriage.
羊膜穿刺测试很可能会造成流产。
E.g.: I had two miscarriages before I gave birth to my daughter.
生我女儿之前,我曾两度流产。

dual citizenship-双重国籍
E.g.: My son and my daughter also have dual citizenship.