disgorge

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1 [transitiveT] literaryLEAVE A PLACE if a vehicle or building disgorges people, they come out of it in a large group 〔车辆〕下〔客〕；〔建筑物内〕涌出〔人流〕

Cars drew up to disgorge a wedding party.

一辆辆轿车开过来，下来的都是参加婚宴的人。

2 [transitiveT]POUR if something disgorges what was inside it, it lets it pour out 使〔某物〕大量流出，冒出，吐出

Chimneys were disgorging smoke into the air.

烟囱正往空中喷吐烟雾。

3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DNTTW if a river disgorges, it flows into the sea 〔河流〕倾注（水流）

The Mississippi disgorges its waters into the Gulf of Mexico.

密西西比河水汇入墨西哥湾。

4. [transitiveT]GIVE formal to give back something that you have taken illegally 交还，交出，吐出〔非法所得〕

5. [transitiveT]MI formalSICK/VOMIT to bring food back up from your stomach through your mouth 呕吐出〔食物〕

Examples from the Corpus

disgorge• On Saturday it was disgorging a torrent, trying to stay ahead of the runoff cascading from the oversaturated Sierra.• Busloads of Stasis were disgorged into the crowd.• By now the cross-country vehicle had disgorged its complement of heavyweight occupants, also dressed in identical blue suits.• After another ten minutes, he had seen each one open and disgorge its occupant.• As Hyacinth walked, the long line of hotels, great and small, disgorged its residents on to an increasingly crowded pavement.• Black limousines disgorged movie stars.• Chimneys in the valley were disgorging smoke into the air.• The trustee was forced to disgorge the funds.• No great torrents of water, no spectacular waterfalls, no deafening roars of waters disgorging their immense might.

Origin disgorge

(1400-1500) Old French desgorger, from gorge “throat”

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