choke

choke

[tʃəuk]

vi.窒息, 阻塞, 说不出话
vt.使窒息, 阻塞, 抑制, 使说不出话
n.窒息, 阻塞, 阻风门

例句与用法:

She choked with emotion.

她激动得说不出话来。

An old woman was found choked to death.

发现一个老妇人被掐死了。

词形变化:

动词过去式: choked | 动词过去分词: choked | 动词现在分词: choking | 动词第三人称单数: chokes |


vt.

1. 使窒息; 哽住

The child was almost choked by the heavy smoke.

这孩子几乎被浓烟窒息了。

2. 堵塞, 阻塞[(+up/with)]

The storeroom was choked with furniture.

储藏室塞满了家具。

Leaves choked the drain.

树叶把阴沟塞住了。

3. 抑制, 压住[(+back/down/off)]

Indignation choked my words.

我愤慨得说不出话来。

I managed to choke back my tears.

我设法止住泪水。

4. 【机】阻塞……的气门

5. 扑灭(火)

They choked the fire with sand.

他们用沙把火扑灭。

6. 阻止(植物等)生长

The weeds choked the garden.

花园里野草丛生, 什么也长不出来。

vi.

1. 窒息; 噎住; 说不出话来

The fish bone in her throat made her choke.

她喉咙中的鱼骨使她哽噎。

2. (管子等)塞住

n.[C]

1. 窒息, 噎

2. 【机】阻塞门, 阻气门

3. 汽油引擎的空气调节装置


短语词组:

choke back

1. 抑制; 忍住

She choked back a sharp reply.

她把到了嘴边的一句尖刻的答话咽了下去。

choke down

1. 强咽下去

She did not like the food but she managed to choke it down.

她不喜欢那些食物, 但还是勉强吞咽了下去。

2. 忍辱接受

We would never choke down the insult.

我们绝不会忍受这般侮辱。

choke off

1. 劝阻; 阻止

She kept talking and nobody could choke her off.

她说个不停, 没人能阻止她。

2. 停止

The dry spell choked off the supply of water in that area.

干旱使那地区断了水。

choke up

1. 塞住; 塞满

The road is now choked up with vehicles.

那条道路已被车辆阻塞。

2. (因激动)说不出话来

He choked up when people mentioned his estranged wife.

当人们提到他已分手的太太时, 他便激动得说不出话来。

She choked up and could not finish her speech.

她激动得说不出话来, 无法结束她的演说。

3. 【口】(因紧张害怕等而)做不好

A courtroom lawyer must never choke up under pressure.

律师上了法庭绝对不可以因压力大而无法应付。


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