| 释义 |
choke¹ /tʃəʊk/ vt. | vi. | n. | phr.
I ❶ vt.
1. 掐住…的脖子，使窒息；梗塞…的咽喉；(烟、水等)呛
He grabbed her by the throat and almost choked the life out of her. 他抓住她的脖子，差点没把她掐死。
be choked by smoke 给烟呛住
2. 扑灭(火)；闷住；扼杀(植物等)
choke a fire with sand 用沙把火扑灭
The flowers were choked by weeds. 花被野草盖没而凋落。
3. 塞满，塞住，堵塞
The streets were choked with refugees. 街上挤满了难民。
Leaves choked the drain. 树叶把阴沟塞住了。
4. 抑制(感情)；压制…的成长(或进展、活动等)
Anger choked his words. 他气得说不出话来。
Energy shortages are choking growth in many branches of industry. 能源短缺阻滞着许多工业部门的发展。
5. [常用被动语态]〈口〉使生气；使厌恶；使失望
He is going to be choked when I take the day off. 哪天我休假的话他会气死的。
6. 【机】阻塞(内燃机)的气门(以得到更浓的燃料混合物)
7. (棒球等中)握(球棒)中段击球(以增加准确性)
8. 止住(铙钹)的余音
❷ vi.
1. 窒息；噎住；呛
We choked in the dust of the desert. 我们给沙漠的灰沙呛得透不过气来。
choke on a fish bone 给鱼刺卡住
choke on one's laughter 笑得喘不过气来
2. 塞满，塞住；止住，哽住
The words choked in his throat. 话哽在他喉头说不出来了。
3. (因感情激动而)哽得说不出话来
choke with anger 气得说不出话来
He choked on the idea of those years. 一想到那些年头，他就激动得说不出话来。
4. 举止失措
We choked, we made a lot of errors. 我们举止失措，犯了许多错误。
II n.
1. 窒息；噎；呛(塞)住的声音
2. 致使梗塞(或妨碍呼吸)的东西
3. 【机】阻气门，阻风门
4. (一种猎枪)接近枪口的细颈部；调节猎枪筒颈部大小的附件
5. 【电】【机】扼流圈
[< ME choken < OE ācēocian to choke <? ceace jawbone (of cheek)] phr. choke back 忍住；抑制 choke back one's tears (laughter) 忍住眼泪(笑声) choke down 1. 硬咽，硬吞 (食物等) 2. ＝ choke back
choke off 1. 强制(某人)放弃；强制某人放弃做(某事)；使住嘴
The moderator could not choke her off. 辩论会主持人无法使她住嘴。
2. 停止
The dry spell choked off the city's supply of water. 干旱使该城断水。
choke off black market sales 取缔黑市买卖
3. 结束；除掉
4. 责骂
He got choked off for being late. 他因迟到而受到申斥。
choke up 1. 塞住；塞满
The chimney (drain) is choked up with dirt. 烟囱(阴沟)给污物堵塞了。
2. (因激动而)说不出话来
He choked up and couldn't finish his speech. 他因过分激动而未能把话说完。
3. 〈口〉(因紧张、害怕等而)做不好
He choked up in the finals and lost the game. 他在决赛中因过分紧张而输了。
4. 握球棒(或球拍等)的中段
Don't choke up so far on the bat. 球棒别握在太当中。 |