| 词组 | throw up |
| 释义 | throw up 1. throw up sth • throw sth up especially BrE if something throws up new ideas, new problems or new people, it produces them: ▪ The report throws up some interesting questions. ▪ The newborn British rock culture was throwing up great performers like Cliff Richard. 2. throw up • throw up sth • throw sth up informal to bring food or drink up from your stomach and out through your mouth, because you are feeling ill: ▪ The smell was so disgusting, it made you want to throw up. ▪ My stomach clenched and I threw up my dinner. ■ SIMILAR TO: vomit, be sick, ↑puke up informal 3. throw up sth • throw sth up to quickly build or make something such as a wall or fence: ▪ Citizens threw up barricades around the Kremlin. ▪ Thames Valley Police threw up roadblocks on the stretch of motorway leading to the airport. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑put up, erect formal 4. throw up sth • throw sth up BrE informal to suddenly leave a job or a course of study, especially when you are not going to start another job or course of study: ▪ He threw up a good job, sold his house, and went off to join one of these religious cults. ▪ You have a brilliant future to look forward to. It would be crazy to throw it all up now. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑chuck in BrE informal, ↑jack in BrE informal 5. throw up sth • throw sth up to make dust, sand, water etc rise into the air, by driving or running over it: ▪ Khalil saw a truck approaching, throwing up huge dust-clouds as it bumped along the rutted track. |
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