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

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

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 |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.使窒息; 堵塞, 阻塞

smother  suffocate  muffle  strangle  

同义参见:

gasp  tighten  clog  stifle  stem  silence  damp  mug  

反义:

vt.vi.使窒息; 哽住

breathe  

英英释义

名词 choke:

a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

同义词：choke coil, choking coil

a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

动词 choke:

breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion

be too tight; rub or press

同义词：gag, fret

wring the neck of

同义词：scrag

constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

同义词：strangle

struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

同义词：gag, strangle, suffocate

fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation

check or slow down the action or effect of

become or cause to become obstructed

同义词：clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, foul

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

同义词：suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate

become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

同义词：suffocate

suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

同义词：suffocate

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

同义词：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

reduce the air supply

同义词：throttle

cause to retch or choke

同义词：gag

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。

补充

chokechoke英:[tʃəuk] 美:[tʃok]vt. & vi.1.填塞The channel chokes.这条水道堵塞了。2.(使)窒息He choked with anger.他气得说不出话来。

例句

1. 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, 呛了他好一阵子。 2. He choked on a fishbone.他被鱼骨头卡住了喉咙。 3. Philip choked on his drink.菲利普喝饮料时被呛到了。 4. The girl choked to death after breathing in smoke.女孩吸入烟雾窒息而死。 5. 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一幢大楼的入口, 然后用他的领带勒住他的脖子。 6. An old woman was found choked to death.一名老妇人被掐死了。 7. Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its rank fumes choking her.浓烟打着旋儿滚滚升起, 恶臭的烟气呛得她透不过气来。 8. Anger choked him.他气得说不出话来。 9. His pond has been choked by the fast-growing weed.他的水池已经被疯长的杂草塞得满满的。 10. The river is so choked with garbage it barely flows.河里堆满了垃圾, 几乎不流动了。 11. The centre of the city was choked with cars.市中心挤满了车辆。 12. The weeds are choking my plants.野草妨碍我家花木生长。 13. It's on full choke and it still won't start.阻气门完全关闭, 车还是启动不了。 14. The smoke almost choked me.烟呛得我几乎透不过气来。 15. The pipe was choked by cotton.管道被棉花堵住了。 16. The great fire was choked at last.大火终于被扑灭。 17. By reducing the financial allocations, the government was choking the life out of their schools.政府正通过削减财政拨款的办法来扼杀他们的学校。 18. Her voice was choked with sobs.她泣不成声。 19. He choked down his breakfast and rushed to the hospital.他匆匆吞下早饭，急忙赶往医院。 20. They were choked at his words.他的话使他们很恼火。 21. He choked on a soya bean and died suddenly.他被一颗黄豆噎住，突然死去。 22. The channel had chocked up with sand so that boats couldn't use it.航道被沙土淤积堵塞，因此船舶不能使用它了。 23. He was choking with emotion.他激动得说不出话来。 24. Our basketball team began to choke up in the last quarter.我们的篮球队在最后一节因过度紧张而开始失常了。 25. Willie choked on a mouthful of tea.威利被一口茶水呛住了。 26. the bracken will choke the wild gladiolus.欧洲蕨会阻碍野生唐菖蒲的生长。 27. the roads were choked with traffic.路上交通阻塞。 28. higher rates of interest choke off investment demand.高利率抑制了投资需求。 29. she was choked with angry emotion.她气得说不出话来。 30. [no obj.]I just choked up reading it.我读后气得闷住了。 31. we were the only team not to choke when it came to the crunch.我们是惟一一支没在关键时刻因胆怯而失手的队伍。 32. a little choke of laughter.闷声一笑。 33. Liz was choking back her anger.莉兹拼命压住怒气。 34. I attempted to choke down supper. .我试着强咽下晚饭。 35. She was choking on a fish bone.她的喉咙给一根鱼骨哽住了。 36. The smoke choked us.浓烟呛人。 37. The roads to the coast were choked with traffic.通往海边的几条路挤满了车辆。 38. to choke back tears/anger强忍住眼泪╱怒火 39. A tiny choke of laughter escaped her.她发出一阵轻轻的窒息般笑声。 40. Chew your food well so you don't choke.吃东西时细嚼慢咽就不会噎着。 41. She choked to death. = She died by choking.她因窒息而死。 42. We were choking on fumes.我们被浓烟呛得喘不过气来。 43. The murderer choked his victim (to death).凶手掐死了受害人。 44. The thick smoke was choking me.浓烟呛得我喘不过气来。 45. "When she was presented with the award, she was so choked with emotion that she couldn't say her thank-you speech."给她颁奖时，她激动得感谢辞都说不出来了。 46. The flowers were choked by the weeds.杂草抑制了花儿的生长。 47. The flowers were choked out by the weeds.杂草抑制了花儿的生长。 48. "Leaves choked [=clogged, blocked] the drain."树叶堵塞了排水沟。 49. The streets were choked with traffic.街上堵满了车。 50. Logs were choking up the stream.原木塞满了小河。 51. "When the pressure was on, the tennis star choked and lost the match."由于压力太大，那位网球明星发挥失常，输掉了比赛。 52. He was choking back tears as he talked about his late wife.谈到已故的妻子时，他强忍住眼泪。 53. She struggled to choke back her anger as she listened to their criticisms.她强忍着怒火听他们的批评。 54. "The meal was overcooked, but I managed to choke down a few bites."饭煮过了头，但我还是强忍着吃了几口。 55. Rising interest rates may choke off consumer spending.上涨的利率可能抑制消费性开支。 56. Attempts have been made to choke off debate on the issue.有人试图阻止大家对这个问题的讨论。 57. A growth on the artery wall is choking off the blood supply.动脉血管壁的增厚阻塞了血液的供给。 58. She tearfully choked out an apology.她泪汪汪地哽咽着道了歉。 59. He chokes up whenever he tries to talk about the accident.每当他想要谈起那次事故时，就哽咽着说不出话来。 60. She got all choked up when she saw her daughter in her wedding dress.看到女儿穿着婚纱时，她激动得说不出话来。 61. He choked up on the bat and took a short swing.他握住球棒的中上部击出了一记短球。