choke
英 [tʃəʊk]
美[tʃok]
- vt. 呛；使窒息；阻塞；抑制；扑灭
- vi. 窒息；阻塞；说不出话来
- n. 窒息；噎；[动力] 阻气门
词态变化
第三人称单数: chokes;过去式: choked;过去分词: choked;现在分词: choking;
中文词源
choke 窒息
由cheek衍生出来的词，词义由脸颊引申为窒息。
英英释意
- 1. a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
- 2. a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
英文词源
- choke
- choke: [14] Etymologically, to choke is to cut off air by constricting the ‘cheeks’, for it is a derivative of cēoce, the Old English word for ‘cheek’. There is actually such a verb recorded, just once, from Old English: the compound ācēocian, with the intensive prefix ā-; so probably the simple verb existed too, though evidence for it has not survived.
The noun sense ‘valve controlling the flow of air to an engine’ dates from the 1920s, but it was a natural development from an earlier (18th-century), more general sense ‘constriction in a tube’; its parallelism with throttle, both being applied to constriction of the air passage and hence to control valves in an engine tube, is striking. (The choke of artichoke has no etymological connection with choke ‘deprive of air’.) - choke (v.)
- c. 1300, transitive, "to strangle;" late 14c., "to make to suffocate," of persons as well as swallowed objects, a shortening of acheken (c. 1200), from Old English aceocian "to choke, suffocate" (with intensive a-), probably from root of ceoke "jaw, cheek" (see cheek (n.)).
Intransitive sense from c. 1400. Meaning "gasp for breath" is from early 15c. Figurative use from c. 1400, in early use often with reference to weeds stifling the growth of useful plants (a Biblical image). Meaning "to fail in the clutch" is attested by 1976, American English. Related: Choked; choking. Choke-cherry (1785) supposedly so called for its astringent qualities. Johnson also has choke-pear "Any aspersion or sarcasm, by which another person is put to silence." Choked up "overcome with emotion and unable to speak" is attested by 1896. The baseball batting sense is by 1907. - choke (n.)
- 1560s, "quinsy," from choke (v.). Meaning "action of choking" is from 1839. Meaning "valve which controls air to a carburetor" first recorded 1926.
考试真题
- For example, several months after listening to an informative speech, Pete Gentry in North Carolina rescued his brother who is choking on food, by using the method taught by student speaker, Julie Paris.
出自-2010年12月听力原文
- He saved the life of his brother choking on food
出自-2010年12月听力原文
词组搭配
choke back
To hold back; suppress
忍住；抑制
choked back his tears.
忍住他的眼泪
choke off
To bring to an end as if by choking
抑制，劝阻：象扼住喉咙一样使…停止
“Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity”(&b{Paul Craig Roberts})
“国库从现有储蓄中借款会迫使利率上升和使经济活动停滞”(&b{保罗·克雷格·罗伯茨})
choke up
To be unable to speak because of strong emotion.
哽咽，噎住，阻塞：因感情激动而说不出话来
choke something back
suppress a strong emotion or the expression of such an emotion
压抑，抑制（强烈感情）
Liz was choking back her anger.
莉兹拼命压住怒气。
choke something down
swallow something with difficulty
强咽下
I attempted to choke down supper. .
我试着强咽下晚饭。
实用场景例句
- The roads are choked up with traffic.
- 几条马路都在塞车。
牛津词典
- to choke back tears/anger/sobs
- 强忍住眼泪 / 愤怒 / 哭泣
牛津词典
- High prices have choked off demand.
- 高昂的价格制约了需求。
牛津词典
- Her screams were suddenly choked off.
- 她的尖叫声戛然而止。
牛津词典
- He choked out a reply.
- 他哽咽着回答。
牛津词典
- ‘I hate you! ’ she choked out.
- “我恨你！”她哽咽着说道。
牛津词典
- She choked up when she began to talk about her mother.
- 她开始谈起母亲时，便哽咽着说不出话来。
牛津词典
- He was choking on a piece of toast.
- 他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。
牛津词典
- She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.
- 她几乎被浓烟呛死。
牛津词典
- Very small toys can choke a baby.
- 很小的玩具可使婴儿窒息。
牛津词典
- He may have been choked or poisoned.
- 他可能是被掐死或毒死的。
牛津词典
- His voice was choking with rage.
- 他气得声音哽咽。
牛津词典
- Despair choked her words.
- 她绝望得说不出话来。
牛津词典
- ‘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。
牛津词典
- The pond was choked with rotten leaves.
- 池塘被腐烂的叶子塞满了。
牛津词典
- 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，呛得他好一会儿喘不过气来。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- A small child could choke on the doll's hair...
- 洋娃娃的头发可能会让小孩窒息。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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大楼的入口处，用他的领带勒死了他。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The village's roads are choked with traffic...
- 村里的路上挤满了车辆行人。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His pond has been choked by the fast-growing weed.
- 他的池塘里长满了恣意蔓生的杂草。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I hope I live to see Viktor choke the life from you!
- 我希望我能活着看到维克托结束你的生命!
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