choke
v
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (on sth) be unable to breathe because one's windpipe is blocked by sth 窒息
She choked (to death) on a fish bone. 魚刺把她卡住而窒息(致死).
2 [Tn] cause (sb) to stop breathing by squeezing or blocking the windpipe; (of smoke, etc) make (sb) unable to breathe easily (掐住或阻塞氣管)使(某人)停止呼吸; (指煙等)使(某人)難以呼吸; 嗆
choke the life out of sb 扼死某人
The fumes almost choked me. 煙霧幾乎把我嗆死.
3 [I, Ipr, Tn]
~ (with sth) (cause sb to) become speechless (使某人)說不出話來
She was choking with emotion. 她激動(dòng)得說不出話來.
Anger choked his words. 他氣得說不出話來.
4 [Tn, Tn.pr esp passive 尤用於被動(dòng)語態(tài), Tn.p esp passive 尤用於被動(dòng)語態(tài)]
~ sth (up) (with sth) block or fill (a passage, space, etc); clog or smother sth 阻塞, 充滿(通道、 空間等); 填滿某物; 窒息某物
The drains are choked (up) with dead leaves. 下水道被枯葉堵住.
The garden is choked with weeds. 花園雜草叢生.
5 (phr v) choke sth back restrain or suppress sth 克制、 抑制、 忍住或壓制某事物
choke back one's tears, anger, indignation 忍住眼淚、 憤怒、 義憤. choke sth down swallow sth with difficulty 困難地咽下某物. choke sb off (infml 口)
(a) interrupt sb rudely or abruptly 粗魯?shù)鼗蛲蝗蛔柚鼓橙?
(b) reprimand sb severely (for doing sth) 嚴(yán)厲申斥某人(之所為). choke, n
1 act or sound of choking 窒息; 窒息時(shí)發(fā)出的聲音.
2 (knob which operates the) valve controlling the flow of air into a petrol engine 阻風(fēng)門(開關(guān))(控制進(jìn)入汽油機(jī)空氣量的閥門)
Won't your car start? Try giving it a bit more choke, ie letting more air into the engine by pulling out the choke. 你的汽車不能啟動(dòng)啦? 把阻風(fēng)門開大一點(diǎn)兒(外拉阻風(fēng)門鈕讓更多的空氣進(jìn)入發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)). =>illus at App 1 見附錄1之插圖, page xii.
?? 考研助記
求咳(諧音)請(qǐng)求咳嗽以免 窒息
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[t??uk]vt. 窒息, 阻塞, 噎, 抑制vi. 窒息, 阻塞, 噎n. 窒息, 噎, 阻氣門【醫(yī)】 氣哽, 氣阻相關(guān)詞組: choke sth back choke down choke sb off choke up choke with anger