choke[tʃəuk]

• vt.
  • 使窒息，使不能呼吸，掐住…的脖子；呛：

    The smoke almost choked me.

    烟呛得我几乎透不过气来。

  • 阻塞；堵塞；阻止：

    The pipe was choked by cotton.

    管道被棉花堵住了。

  • 扑灭；闷住；扼杀：

    The great fire was choked at last.

    大火终于被扑灭。

    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。

  • 抑制，压制 (感情等)；阻止…的生长，妨碍…的发展 (常与 off连用)：

    Her voice was choked with sobs.

    她泣不成声。

  • 咽下，吞下 (常与down 连用)：

    He choked down his breakfast and rushed to the hospital.

    他匆匆吞下早饭，急忙赶往医院。

  • 使生气；使失望：

    They were choked at his words.

    他的话使他们很恼火。

  • [美国英语](打棒球、高尔夫球时)手握球棒中段击球
• vi.
  • 窒息；闷死；噎住；呛：

    He choked on a soya bean and died suddenly.

    他被一颗黄豆噎住，突然死去。

  • 阻塞；塞满；阻止：

    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。

  • [口语](由于感情冲动或过分紧张而)说不出话来；哽咽：

    He was choking with emotion.

    他激动得说不出话来。

  • 失去镇静；惊慌失措；(因过分紧张而)失常，搞糟；举止失措；变得慌乱；乱了步骤：

    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。

• n.
  • 窒息；噎；呛
  • 阻塞的声音
  • 【机械学】 阻气门
  • 【电工学】 扼流线圈，抗流圈
• 变形:

  vt.choked.choking