tʃok; tʃouk < choke >
<<动词>>
choked, choking, chokes
<<及物动词>>
1 阻止
2 a. 阻塞
a garden that was chocked by weeds 充塞著野草的花园
b. 填塞
Mud choked the drain pipe. 污泥把排水管阻塞了
c. 堵塞
Major commuter arteries were choked with stalled traffic.主要的交通干道被拥挤的交通堵塞了
3 使
汽油发动机内减少空气的进入
4『运动』握住 (球棒或拍子) 比较接近打击点的地方
<<不及物动词>>
1 哽塞
2 阻塞
3『运动』短握拍子或球棒
4 (因紧张而) 表现失常
"The only top official to choke up was the Secretary of State┅ he created a problem by insisting on solving a problem that was not acute." (William Safire) 唯一会表现失常的最高政府官员便是国务卿┅他坚持要解决其实并不存在的问题, 却因而制造问题出来
<<名词>>
1 哽咽声
2 a. 阻碍物
b. 狭隘的部分
3 阻流空气的活门; 阻流瓣
choke back
压抑
choked back his tears 忍住泪水
choked off
抑制; 劝阻
"Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and chock off economic activity." (Paul Craig Roberts)公库对现存存款的借贷将使得利率提高, 并且会抑制经济的活动
chock up
(因激动而) 说不出话来