| 单词 | choke |
| 释义 | choke (once / 294 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v 5nv 6n When you choke, you are suddenly unable to breathe, often because something is stuck in your throat. Your dad's rude joke might make you gasp and choke on your grilled cheese sandwich. You might choke in a smoky room, or choke on a grape that's lodged halfway down your throat. In either case, your body can't get enough oxygen. People also choke up with emotion, figuratively choking on their sobs. Likewise, a child might complain, "This scarf chokes me!" — it's uncomfortably tight, but he's not literally unable to breathe. When the weeds in your garden outnumber the vegetables, you can also say they choke, or crowd, your plants. WORD FAMILYchoke: choked, choker, chokes, choking+/choked: chokedly/choker: chokers/choking: chokings USAGE EXAMPLES“Every time I see it, I kind of get choked up,” Alves said. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Sellinger tried to steal the motorcycle from a 70-year-old man and was trying to choke him before bystanders intervened, authorities said. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Curtis fled on foot after he was pulled over, then tried to choke the officer when he caught up with Curtis. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake Syn|Hyper gag, strangle, suffocate hurt, suffer feel pain or be in pain 2v impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of Syn|Hyper asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude block passage through 3v wring the neck of The man choked his opponent Syn|Hyper scrag compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze squeeze or press together 4v constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing Syn|Hyper strangle compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze squeeze or press together 5v cause to retch or choke Syn|Hyper gag sicken make sick or ill 6v become or cause to become obstructed Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper back up, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul unclog become or cause to become unobstructed gum up stick together as if with gum crap upbecome obstructed or chocked up block, choke up, lug, stuffobstruct silt, silt upbecome chocked with silt block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude block passage through 7v become stultified, suppressed, or stifled Syn|Hyper suffocate suffocate suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of become, turn undergo a change or development 8v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad stop operating or functioning diesuffer or face the pain of death be born come into existence through birth abort cease development, die, and be aborted asphyxiate, stifle, suffocatebe asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen buy it, pip outbe killed or die; drowndie from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating predeceasedie before; die earlier than famish, starvedie of food deprivation falldie, as in battle or in a hunt succumb, yieldbe fatally overwhelmed strangledie from strangulation change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action v breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion 3She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband Hyper breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs v be too tight; rub or press 4This neckband is choking the cat Syn|Hyper fret, gag compact, compress, constrict, contract, press, squeeze squeeze or press together 1v fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience Hyper fail, neglect fail to do something; leave something undone 2v check or slow down the action or effect of She choked her anger Hyper bottle up, inhibit, suppress control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior 3v suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of 5Syn|Hyper suffocate suffocate become stultified, suppressed, or stifled dampen, stifle smother or suppress 1n a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine Hypo|Hyper automatic choke a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor valve control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid 2v reduce the air supply 6choke a carburetor Syn|Hyper throttle enrich make better or improve in quality n a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current Syn|Hyper choke coil, choking coil coil reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit |
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