choke 英 [tʃəʊk]   美 [tʃoʊk]

choke

choke  英 [tʃəʊk] 美 [tʃoʊk]

v. 窒息;哽咽;阻塞;  n. 窒息;哽咽;[发动机] 阻塞门 

进行时:choking  过去式:choked  过去分词:choked  第三人称单数:chokes  名词复数:chokes 

She almost choked to death in the thick fumes. 她几乎被浓烟呛死。
He was choking on a piece of toast. 他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。

  • When you choke, you are suddenly unable to breathe, often because something is stuck in your throat. Your dad's rude joke might make you gasp and choke on your grilled cheese sandwich.
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  • v. 窒息;哽咽;阻塞;
  • n. 窒息;哽咽;[发动机] 阻塞门
  • 1. She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.

    她几乎被浓烟呛死。

  • 2. He was choking on a piece of toast.

    他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。

  • 3. Very small toys can choke a baby.

    很小的玩具也能使婴儿窒息。

  • 4. He may have been choked or poisoned.

    他可能是被掐死或毒死的。

  • 5. His voice was choking with rage.

    他气得声音哽咽。

  • 6. Despair choked her words.

    她绝望得说不出话来。

  • 7. The pond was choked with rotten leaves.

    池塘被腐烂的叶子塞满了。

  • 8. The roads are choked up with traffic.

    几条马路都在塞车。

  • 9. He choked out a reply.

    他哽咽着回答。

  • choke (n.) 1560s, "quinsy," from choke (v.). Meaning "action of choking" is from 1839. Meaning "valve which controls air to a carburetor" first recorded 1926; earlier it meant "constriction in the bore of a gun" (1875).
  • choke (v.) c. 1300, transitive, "to stop the breath by preventing air from entering the windpipe;" late 14c., "to make to suffocate, deprive of the power of drawing breath," of persons as well as swallowed objects; a shortening of acheken (c. 1200), from Old English aceocian "to choke, suffocate," probably from root of ceoke "jaw, cheek" (see cheek (n.)), with intensive a-.
choke / tʃəʊk ; NAmE tʃoʊk / verb , noun choke chokes choked choking verb 1 [intransitive ,  transitive ] to be unable to breathe because the passage to your lungs is blocked or you cannot get enough air; to make sb unable to breathe (使)窒息,哽噎 She almost choked to deathin the thick fumes. 她几乎被浓烟呛死。 chokeon sth He was choking on a piece of toast. 他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。 chokesb Very small toys can choke a baby. 很小的玩具也能使婴儿窒息。 2 [transitive ] chokesb to make sb stop breathing by squeezing their throat (掐住喉咙)使停止呼吸,使窒息 SYN strangle He may have been choked or poisoned. 他可能是被掐死或毒死的。 3 [intransitive ,  transitive ] to be unable to speak normally especially because of strong emotion; to make sb feel too emotional to speak normally (尤指感情激动而)说不出话来;使哽咽 choke(with sth) His voice was choking with rage. 他气得声音哽咽。 chokesth Despair choked her words. 她绝望得说不出话来。 ‘I can't bear it,’ he said in a choked voice. “我实在忍不下去了。”他声音哽咽地说道。 see also choked 4 [transitive ] to block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult 阻塞,塞满,堵塞(通道、空间等) chokesth (with sth) The pond was choked with rotten leaves. 池塘被腐烂的叶子塞满了。 chokesth up (with sth) The roads are choked up with traffic. 几条马路都在塞车。 5 [intransitive ] ( NAmE) ( informal) to fail at sth, for example because you are nervous (因紧张等而)失败,失灵,失去作用 PHRASAL VERBS ˌchoke sth↔ˈback to try hard to prevent your feelings from showing 强忍住;抑制;克制 to chokeback tears/anger/sobs 强忍住眼泪╱愤怒╱哭泣 ˌchoke sth↔ˈdown to swallow sth with difficulty 硬咽;硬吞 ˌchoke sth↔ˈoff 1 to prevent or limit sth 阻止;制止;限制 High prices have choked off demand. 高昂的价格制约了需求。 2 to interrupt sth; to stop sth 打断;停止;终止 Her screams were suddenly choked off. 她的尖叫声戛然而止。 ˌchoke ˈout | choke out sth to say sth with great difficulty because you feel a strong emotion (因感情激动而)哽咽着说,哽咽地说出某事 He choked out a reply. 他哽咽着回答。 + speech ‘I hate you!’ she choked out. “我恨你!”她哽咽着说道。 ˌchoke ˈup ( NAmE) to find it difficult to speak, because of the strong emotion that you are feeling (因感情激动而)哽咽 She choked up when she began to talk about her mother. 她开始谈起母亲时,便哽咽着说不出话来。 noun 1 a device that controls the amount of air flowing into the engine of a vehicle (车辆发动机的)阻风门,阻塞门 2 an act or the sound of choking 窒息;哽噎;哽噎声;呛住的声音 choke / tʃəʊk ; NAmE tʃoʊk /
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