choke
verb /tʃəʊk/
/tʃəʊk/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they choke | /tʃəʊk/ /tʃəʊk/ |
| he / she / it chokes | /tʃəʊks/ /tʃəʊks/ |
| past simple choked | /tʃəʊkt/ /tʃəʊkt/ |
| past participle choked | /tʃəʊkt/ /tʃəʊkt/ |
| -ing form choking | /ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/ /ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to be unable to breathe because the passage to your lungs is blocked or you cannot get enough air; to make somebody unable to breathe
（使）窒息，哽噎 - She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.
她几乎被浓烟呛死。 - choke on something He was choking on a piece of toast.
他被一块烤面包噎得喘不过气来。 - choke somebody Very small toys can choke a baby.
很小的玩具可使婴儿窒息。
- My son nearly choked on one of those nuts.
我儿子差点儿让一颗坚果给噎住。 - The fumes from the burning tyres made her choke.
轮胎燃烧的浓烟使她呼吸困难。 - The device contains small parts which could easily choke a child.
这个装置有小零件，很容易使儿童窒息。 - The water flooded his mouth, choking him.
水淹没了他的嘴，使他窒息。 - Thick clouds of dust choked him.
灰尘弥漫让他感到窒息。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- nearly
- make somebody
- on
- choke (somebody) to death
- She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.
- [transitive] choke somebody to make somebody stop breathing by pressing their throat, especially with your fingers
（掐住喉咙）使停止呼吸，使窒息 - He may have been choked or poisoned.
他可能是被掐死或毒死的。 - She had been choked to death when her necklace snagged on overhanging branches.
当她的项链挂在树枝上时，她窒息而死。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- nearly
- make somebody
- on
- choke (somebody) to death
- He may have been choked or poisoned.
- [intransitive, transitive] to be unable to speak normally especially because of strong emotion; to make somebody feel too emotional to speak normally
（尤指感情激动而）说不出话来；使哽咽 - choke (with something) His voice was choking with rage.
他气得声音哽咽。 - choke something 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。 - choke somebody The panic rising in his throat threatened to choke him.
喉咙里升起的恐惧使他几乎喘不上气来。
- choke (with something) His voice was choking with rage.
- [transitive, usually passive] to block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult
阻塞，塞满，堵塞（通道、空间等） - be choked with something The pond was choked with rotten leaves.
池塘被腐烂的叶子塞满了。 - be choked up with something The roads are choked up with traffic.
几条马路都在塞车。 - In summer the roads around the town are choked up with traffic.
夏天，镇上的道路交通堵塞。
- be choked with something The pond was choked with rotten leaves.
- [intransitive] (informal) to fail at something, for example because you are nervous
（因紧张等而）失败，失灵，失去作用 - We were the only team not to choke at the big moment.
在这个重要时刻，我们是唯一没有窒息的队伍。
- We were the only team not to choke at the big moment.
词源Middle English: from Old English ācēocian (verb), from cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak.