choke

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  • n.窒息;(车辆发动机的)阻风门,阻塞门;哽噎;呛住的声音;哽噎声
  • v.(使)窒息,哽噎;(掐住喉咙)使停止呼吸,使窒息;(尤指感情激动而)说不出话来,使哽咽;阻塞,塞满,堵塞(通道、空间等);(因紧张等而)失败,失灵,失去作用

过去式: choked 现在分词: choking 过去分词: choked 第三人称单数: chokes

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verb

1

(使)窒息,哽噎
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

He was choking on a piece of toast.

他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。

She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.

她几乎被浓烟呛死。

Very small toys can choke a baby.

很小的玩具可使婴儿窒息。

2

(掐住喉咙)使停止呼吸,使窒息
to make sb stop breathing by squeezing their throat

He may have been choked or poisoned.

他可能是被掐死或毒死的。

3

(尤指感情激动而)说不出话来,使哽咽
to be unable to speak normally especially because of strong emotion; to make sb feel too emotional to speak normally

His voice was choking with rage.

他气得声音哽咽。

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。

4

阻塞,塞满,堵塞(通道、空间等)
to block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult

The pond was choked with rotten leaves.

池塘被腐烂的叶子塞满了。

The roads are choked up with traffic.

几条马路都在塞车。

5

(因紧张等而)失败,失灵,失去作用
to fail at sth, for example because you are nervous

6

强忍住;抑制;克制
to try hard to prevent your feelings from showing

to choke back tears/anger/sobs

强忍住眼泪 / 愤怒 / 哭泣

7

硬咽;硬吞
to swallow sth with difficulty

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9

(因感情激动而)哽咽着说,哽咽地说出某事
to say sth with great difficulty because you feel a strong emotion

He choked out a reply.

他哽咽着回答。

‘I hate you!’ she choked out.

“我恨你!”她哽咽着说道。

10

(因感情激动而)哽咽
to find it difficult to speak, because of the strong emotion that you are feeling

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

(车辆发动机的)阻风门,阻塞门
a device that controls the amount of air flowing into the engine of a vehicle

2

窒息;哽噎;哽噎声;呛住的声音
an act or the sound of choking

choke

频次

  • 1
    V-ERG (使)噎住;(使)哽住;(使)卡住
    When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.

    The coffee was almost too hot to swallow and made him choke for a moment...

    咖啡烫得几乎咽不下去,呛得他好一会儿喘不过气来。

  • 2
    VERB 掐死;扼死;勒死
    To choke someone means to squeeze their neck until they are dead.

    The men pushed him into the entrance of a nearby building where they choked him with his tie.

    那些人把他推进附近大楼的入口处,用他的领带勒死了他。

  • 3
    VERB 挤满;塞满
    If a place is choked with things or people, it is full of them and they prevent movement in it.

    The village's roads are choked with traffic...

    村里的路上挤满了车辆行人。

  • 4
    N-COUNT (汽车、卡车等的)阻气门
    The choke in a car, truck, or other vehicle is a device that reduces the amount of air going into the engine and makes it easier to start.

noun

1
a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
2
a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
Synonym: choke coil choking coil

verb

1
breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband
2
cause to retch or choke
Synonym: gag
3
struggle for breath;have insufficient oxygen intake
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Synonym: gag strangle suffocate
4
constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
Synonym: strangle
5
reduce the air supply
choke a carburetor
Synonym: throttle
6
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
She died from cancer
The children perished in the fire
The patient went peacefully
The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Synonym: die decease perish go exit pass away expire pass kick the bucket cash in one's chips buy the farm conk give-up the ghost drop dead pop off croak snuff it
7
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
His job suffocated him
Synonym: suffocate
8
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village
Synonym: suffocate
9
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Synonym: suffocate stifle asphyxiate
10
become or cause to become obstructed
The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
The water pipe is backed up
Synonym: clog choke off clog up back up congest foul
11
be too tight;rub or press
This neckband is choking the cat
Synonym: gag fret
12
wring the neck of
The man choked his opponent
Synonym: scrag
13
check or slow down the action or effect of
She choked her anger
14
fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Very small toys can choke a baby .

    很小的玩具可使婴儿窒息。

  2. A small child could choke on the doll 's hair

    洋娃娃的头发可能会让小孩窒息。

  3. 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。

  4. ' 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。

  5. She almost choked to death in the thick fumes .

    她几乎被浓烟呛死。

  6. The plant will soon choke ponds and waterways if left unchecked .

    如不控制这种植物的生长,池塘和水道很快就要被阻塞。

  7. ' I hate you ! ' she choked out .

    “我恨你!”她哽咽着说道。

  8. He was choking on a piece of toast .

    他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。

  9. The pond was choked with rotten leaves .

    池塘被腐烂的叶子塞满了。

  10. Despair choked her words .

    她绝望得说不出话来。

  11. He choked out a reply .

    他哽咽着回答。

  12. Choking back tears , he said Mary died in his arms .

    他强忍住泪水,说玛丽死在了他的怀里。

  13. Within minutes the hall was full of choking smoke .

    几分钟不到,大厅里就弥漫着呛人的烟雾了。

  14. I still feel choked about him leaving .

    我还在为他的离去感到难过。

  15. The brandy made him choke , but it restored his nerve

    虽说白兰地呛了他一下,却让他恢复了勇气。

  16. The coffee was almost too hot to swallow and made him choke for a moment

    咖啡烫得几乎咽不下去,呛得他好一会儿喘不过气来。

  17. The girl choked to death after breathing in smoke

    那个女孩吸入烟雾,窒息而死。

  18. It 's enough to make them choke with apoplectic rage

    足以气得让他们说不出话来。

  19. The village 's roads are choked with traffic

    村里的路上挤满了车辆行人。

  20. They warned the Chancellor that raising taxes in the Budget could choke off the recovery .

    他们警告财政大臣说,预算中税收的提高将阻碍经济复苏。

  21. One young conscript rose with a message of thanks , his voice choked with emotion .

    一个年轻的新兵起立致谢,激动得声音哽咽。

  22. The city 's streets are filthy and choked with exhaust fumes .

    那座城市的街道肮脏不堪,弥漫着令人窒息的废气。

  23. ' Why did Ben do that ? ' she asked , in a choked voice

    “本为什么要那样做?”她哽咽着问。

  24. The capital , Nairobi , is choking on uncontrolled immigration .

    移民纷纷涌入首都内罗毕,人满为患。

  25. His pond has been choked by the fast-growing weed .

    他的池塘里长满了恣意蔓生的杂草。

  26. The men pushed him into the entrance of a nearby building where they choked him with his tie .

    那些人把他推进附近大楼的入口处,用他的领带勒死了他。

  27. Dense smoke swirled and billowed , its rank fumes choking her

    滚滚浓烟盘旋翻腾,恶臭味呛得她喘不过气来。

  28. Kempton made an inarticulate noise at the back of his throat as if he were about to choke .

    肯普顿嗓子眼里发出含混的声音,仿佛他要窒息了。

  29. He gave a choked cry , flailed his arms wildly for a moment , and then went over the edge .

    他闷哼了一声,手臂乱挥了几下,就从边上摔了下去。

  30. A pile of garbage choked the pipe .

    一大坨垃圾堵塞了管道。

block choke clog dam jam 【导航词义:挡住】
block v. 堵塞,阻挡
〔辨析〕

指堵住通道,使人或物无法通过,语气较强。

〔例证〕

A big stone is blocking the road.

一块大石头挡在路上。

Something blocked the flow of water through the pipe.

有什么东西堵塞了管道里的水流。

choke v. 堵塞;(使)窒息
〔辨析〕

指将某处塞满东西造成堵塞;也可以指使人呼吸困难。

〔例证〕

A pile of garbage choked the pipe.

一大坨垃圾堵塞了管道。

The gutter was choked with debris.

排水道被垃圾堵住了。

That pungent perfume almost choked me.

那刺鼻的香味差点儿让我喘不过气来。

They choked on the smoke from the chimney.

他们被烟囱冒出的烟呛得透不过气来。

clog v. 塞满,阻塞
〔辨析〕

指堵塞道路、孔洞等。

〔例证〕

Every summer, there are cars clogging the road to the beautiful beach.

每年夏天都会有汽车把那条通往迷人海滩的道路堵得水泄不通。

The water pipe was clogged with debris.

水管子被废弃物堵了。

dam v. 阻止,抑制,筑坝拦水
〔辨析〕

主要指阻挡住涌流物,如河水、眼泪等,常与副词 up,back 连用。

〔例证〕

dam (up) the river

在河上建坝

It is ridiculous for him to try to dam the flow of history.

他试图阻挡历史进程的做法是荒谬的。

That poor girl dammed back her tears.

那个可怜的女孩强忍住眼泪。

jam v. (使)挤满
〔辨析〕

指因人、车辆等过多而使某处无法通行。

〔例证〕

The strikers jammed the streets so no car could move.

罢工者把街道堵死了,没有汽车可以通行。

Children jammed the entrance to the fair.

孩子们把游乐场的入口处挤得水泄不通。

  • 词语搭配
  • 短语动词

choke与以下词性连用

n.

choke on something

被…噎住

choke someone

扼死某人

v.

make someone choke

使某人窒息

强忍住;控制住

抑制,限制(经济增长)

以下资源来自牛津词典

choke sth↔back

强忍住;抑制;克制
to try hard to prevent your feelings from showing

to choke back tears/anger/sobs

强忍住眼泪 / 愤怒 / 哭泣

choke sth↔down

硬咽;硬吞
to swallow sth with difficulty

choke sth↔off


choke out choke out sth

(因感情激动而)哽咽着说,哽咽地说出某事
to say sth with great difficulty because you feel a strong emotion

He choked out a reply.

他哽咽着回答。

‘I hate you!’ she choked out.

“我恨你!”她哽咽着说道。

choke up

(因感情激动而)哽咽
to find it difficult to speak, because of the strong emotion that you are feeling

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。