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| 1 | I/T if you choke , or if something chokes you , you cannot breathe because there is not enough air or because something is blocking your throat （使）噎住；（使）无法呼吸；（使）窒息 |
| Joe took a bite of the steak and started to choke. 乔咬了一口牛排就被噎住了。 |
| +on Ruth almost choked on a mouthful of cake. 鲁思差点被一口蛋糕噎住。 |
| choke to death The four-year-old choked to death after swallowing a coin. 那个4岁的孩子吞下一枚硬币后窒息而亡。 |
| choking smoke/fumes/smog The room was filled with choking fumes. 房间里弥漫着呛人的烟雾。 |
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| 2 | T to squeeze someone’ s neck so they cannot breathe 掐住…的脖子 |
| Charlie wanted to take Herrick by the throat and choke him to death. 查理想扼住赫里克的喉咙把他掐死。 |
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| 3 | I if your voice chokes, you cannot speak clearly , usually because of a strong emotion or because you are laughing （通常因感情强烈或笑而）说不出话来 |
| +with Her voice choked with emotion when she spoke of the sister she had lost. 她说起逝去的姐姐时，声音哽住了。 |
| | 3a | T to say something in a strange voice and with difficulty because you are frightened , angry , sad etc （因恐惧、愤怒或悲伤等）哽咽着说 | | ‘I don’ t want to be your secretary!’ she choked. “我不想当你的秘书！”她哽咽道。 | |
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| 4 | choke T to fill a place so that it is difficult to move 塞满；塞住 |
| +with We live in cities that are choked with traffic. 我们住在交通拥挤的城市里。 |
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| 5 | choke T to stop someone or something from developing or being successful 阻止；抑制 |
| Business leaders claim that the strong pound is choking exports. 商界领袖宣称坚挺的英镑正在阻碍出口。 |
| If prices are too high, demand is choked off. 如果价格过高，需求就会受到抑制。 |
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| 6 | T if stronger plants choke weaker ones, they surround them and stop them from growing （植物）扼杀 |
| The weeds quickly choke less robust plants. 野草很快就覆没了弱小的植物而使其枯萎。 |
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| 7 | I informal to fail to achieve something , especially because you lose confidence （尤指因失去信心而）失败 |
| Jordan seemed to choke and missed three easy shots. 乔丹似乎失去了信心，投丢了3个容易投中的球。 |
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| - | ˌchoke ˈback or ˌchoke ˈdown |
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| | to stop yourself from showing a feeling or emotion 忍住；抑制住 | choke back tears Ms Ross choked back tears as she described what had happened. 罗斯小姐描述事情经过时强忍着泪水。 | |
| - | ˌchoke ˈdown |
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| 1 | to eat or drink something with difficulty because you do not like it or because you are ill or upset （因不喜欢、生病或心烦而）困难地咽下 | Emma managed to choke down a banana. 埃玛硬咽下一根香蕉。 | |
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| 2 | choke back | Gail tried to choke down the urge to hit him. 盖尔试图忍住揍他的冲动。 | |
| - | ˌchoke ˈoff |
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| | choke off sth: choke15 |
| - | ˌchoke ˈup |
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| 1 | I/T if someone chokes up , or if something chokes them up , they cannot speak because they are starting to cry （使）说不出话来 | When we met again after five years, I just choked up. 5年以后我们再见面时，我激动得说不出话来。 | |
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| 2 | T choke14 | Cars and trucks are choking up our streets. 轿车和卡车把我们的街道堵塞了。 | |
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