单词 | choke |
释义 | choke UK [tʃəʊk] US [tʃoʊk] verb STOP BREATHING 停止呼吸 intransitive or transitive ■If you choke, or if something chokes you, you stop breathing because something is blocking your throat (使)窒息;(使)哽噎;(使)呼吸困难 •She choked to death •Children can choke on •Peanuts can choke a small child.花生会噎住小孩。 transitive ■to make someone stop breathing by pressing their throat with the hands (掐住喉咙)使停止呼吸,使窒息 UK [tʃəʊk] US [tʃoʊk] verb FILL 充满 transitive usually passive (also choke up) ■to fill something such as a road or pipe, so that nothing can pass through 堵塞,阻塞;塞满 •At lunchtime the streets were choked with traffic.午餐时间大街上塞车。 UK [tʃəʊk] US [tʃoʊk] verb FAIL 失败 intransitive (also choke it) informal ■(usually in sports) to fail to do something at a time when it is urgent, usually because you suddenly lose confidence (通常指在运动中关键时刻因丧失信心而)失败;怯场 •He could score points at will during the qualifying matches, but in the final he completely choked.他在预选赛中总能随心所欲地得分,可到了决赛发挥就完全失常了。 UK [tʃəʊk] US [tʃoʊk] verb Phrasal Verbs [M] choke sth back ■If you choke back feelings or tears, you force yourself not to show how angry or upset you are 抑制,强忍住(情感或眼泪) •Choking back my anger, I tried to speak calmly.我强忍怒气,尽量平静地说话。 •"John has had an accident, " she said, choking back the tears UK [tʃəʊk] US [tʃoʊk] noun countable or uncountable ■a device in a motor vehicle, that changes the amount of air going into the engine, allowing more fuel compared to air to go in and therefore making the engine easier to start (汽车上的)阻风门,阻塞门 |
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