| 单词 | gag |
| 释义 | gag (once / 1333 pages) 1nv 2v 3nv A gag is a piece of cloth that's tied around a person's face to keep them from speaking or being heard. Cartoon bad guys often tie up their victims and put gags over their mouths. To use a gag for shutting someone up is to gag them. Both the noun and verb forms of gag can also be figurative: "Her government is trying to gag her by censoring her," or "The lack of a right to free speech in some countries is a gag." Another way to gag is to retch, or begin to vomit. The root of gag is probably the Old Norse gag-hals, "with head thrown back." WORD FAMILYgag: gagged, gagging, gags, gagster+/gagster: gagsters USAGE EXAMPLESTurkish authorities issued a temporary gag order on reporting from the scene of the nightclub. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Wearing a wig and gag false teeth, he crashes Ines' social obligations, creating numerous script opportunities for pathos, slapstick and surrealism. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Separately, the Russian embassy to the UK tweeted a visual gag calling the Obama presidency a lame duck. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting Syn|Hyper muzzle constraint, restraint a device that retards something's motion 2v prevent from speaking out The press was gagged Syn|Hyper muzzle hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still cause to be quiet or not talk 3v tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair Syn|Hyper muzzle bind, tie fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord 4v struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake he swallowed a fishbone and gagged Syn|Hyper choke, strangle, suffocate hurt, suffer feel pain or be in pain 5v be too tight; rub or press 2Syn|Hyper choke, fret compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze squeeze or press together 1v cause to retch or choke Syn|Hyper choke sicken make sick or ill 2v make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit 3Syn heave, retch 1n a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter he knows a million gags Syn|Hypo|Hyper jape, jest, joke, laugh belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow a joke that seems extremely funny blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people one-linera one-line joke shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness sick jokea joke in bad taste sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter 2v make jokes or quips The students were gagging during dinner Syn|Hyper quip jest, joke tell a joke; speak humorously |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。