choke

verb

1. （使）窒息，哽噎
   to be unable to breathe because the passage to your lungs is blocked or you cannot get enough air; to make sb unable to breathe
   1. He was choking on a piece of toast.
      他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。
   2. She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.
      她几乎被浓烟呛死。
   3. Very small toys can choke a baby.
      很小的玩具可使婴儿窒息。
2. （掐住喉咙）使停止呼吸，使窒息
   to make sb stop breathing by squeezing their throat
   1. He may have been choked or poisoned.
      他可能是被掐死或毒死的。
3. （尤指感情激动而）说不出话来，使哽咽
   to be unable to speak normally especially because of strong emotion; to make sb feel too emotional to speak normally
   1. His voice was choking with rage.
      他气得声音哽咽。
   2. Despair choked her words.
      她绝望得说不出话来。
   3. ‘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。
4. 阻塞，塞满，堵塞（通道、空间等）
   to block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult
   1. The pond was choked with rotten leaves.
      池塘被腐烂的叶子塞满了。
   2. The roads are choked up with traffic.
      几条马路都在塞车。
5. （因紧张等而）失败，失灵，失去作用
   to fail at sth, for example because you are nervous

noun

1. （车辆发动机的）阻风门，阻塞门
   a device that controls the amount of air flowing into the engine of a vehicle
2. 窒息；哽噎；哽噎声；呛住的声音
   an act or the sound of choking

1. V-ERG (使)噎住;(使)哽住;(使)卡住
   When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
   1. 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。
   2. A small child could choke on the doll's hair...
      洋娃娃的头发可能会让小孩窒息。
   3. Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its rank fumes choking her...
      滚滚浓烟盘旋翻腾，恶臭味呛得她喘不过气来。
   4. The girl choked to death after breathing in smoke...
      那个女孩吸入烟雾，窒息而死。
   5. Within minutes the hall was full of choking smoke.
      几分钟不到，大厅里就弥漫着呛人的烟雾了。
2. VERB 掐死;扼死;勒死
   To choke someone means to squeeze their neck until they are dead.
   1. 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。
3. VERB 挤满;塞满
   If a place is choked with things or people, it is full of them and they prevent movement in it.
   1. The village's roads are choked with traffic...
      村里的路上挤满了车辆行人。
   2. 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。
4. (汽车、卡车等的)阻气门
   The choke in a car, truck, or other vehicle is a device that reduces the amount of air going into the engine and makes it easier to start.

1. It's enough to make them choke with apoplectic rage
   足以气得让他们说不出话来。
2. 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。
3. A small child could choke on the doll's hair
   洋娃娃的头发可能会让小孩窒息。
4. Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its rank fumes choking her
   滚滚浓烟盘旋翻腾，恶臭味呛得她喘不过气来。
5. The girl choked to death after breathing in smoke
   那个女孩吸入烟雾，窒息而死。
6. Within minutes the hall was full of choking smoke.
   几分钟不到，大厅里就弥漫着呛人的烟雾了。
7. 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。
8. The village's roads are choked with traffic
   村里的路上挤满了车辆行人。
9. 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。
10. They warned the Chancellor that raising taxes in the Budget could choke off the recovery.
    他们警告财政大臣说，预算中税收的提高将阻碍经济复苏。
11. Kempton made an inarticulate noise at the back of his throat as if he were about to choke.
    肯普顿嗓子眼里发出含混的声音，仿佛他要窒息了。
12. The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve
    虽说白兰地呛了他一下，却让他恢复了勇气。
13. The exhibition he had made of himself was enough to make you choke with laughter.
    他出的洋相真令人喷饭。
14. This partly opens the choke so that an overrich mixture is prevented.
    这种阻风门的部分开启可以防止混合气过浓。
15. I was really nervous but I didn't choke.
    我真的很紧张，但我还没紧张到窒息。
16. I started to choke on the gas, so I got out of there.
    我也被气体呛到了，所以我赶紧离开那里。
17. We hope that you choke* that you choke.
    愿你和这个世界一起窒息，窒息，窒息。
18. And I bet he would choke on it.
    我打赌他可能会因此窒息的。
19. We hope your rules and wisdom choke you.
    我们希望你的智慧使你窒息。
20. The fish bone in her throat made her choke.
    她喉咙中的鱼骨使她哽噎。
21. She looked like she was going to choke.
    而她看起来仿佛都要窒息了。
22. Judge: I went to the pet store and bought a choke collar.
    法官：我去了宠物店，买了个狗项圈。
23. Smoking is harmful, and I have to choke my husband off.
    吸烟是有害的，我不得不强行阻止我丈夫。
24. Joe took a bite of the steak and started to choke.
    乔咬了一口牛排就被噎住了。
25. Hears the bad news which his mother died he to cry he to cry to choke with sobs.
    听到他母亲去世的坏消息他哭了他哭的泣不成声了。
26. Not only has the choke changed colour, but you can clearly see the rust underneath the lacquer.
    不仅仅是电感改变了颜色，你还能清晰的看到漆料下也有生锈。
27. I'm gonna choke to death with this smoke.
    我快被这烟给呛死了。
28. I choke when I cough.
    当我咳嗽时我就喘不过气来。
29. We'll choke on our vomit and that will be the end.
    我们会在我们的呕吐物中窒息，这就是我们的回宿。
30. Choke back your tears.
    忍住你的眼泪。

  block choke clog dam jam【导航词义：挡住】

  block v. 堵塞，阻挡

〔辨析〕指堵住通道，使人或物无法通过，语气较强。

  choke v. 堵塞；（使）窒息

〔辨析〕指将某处塞满东西造成堵塞；也可以指使人呼吸困难。

  clog v. 塞满，阻塞

〔辨析〕指堵塞道路、孔洞等。

  dam v. 阻止，抑制，筑坝拦水

〔辨析〕主要指阻挡住涌流物，如河水、眼泪等，常与副词 up，back 连用。

  jam v. （使）挤满

〔辨析〕指因人、车辆等过多而使某处无法通行。

choke sth↔back

1. 强忍住；抑制；克制
   to try hard to prevent your feelings from showing
   1. He was choking on a piece of toast.
      他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。
   2. She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.
      她几乎被浓烟呛死。
   3. Very small toys can choke a baby.
      很小的玩具可使婴儿窒息。

choke sth↔down

1. 硬咽；硬吞
   to swallow sth with difficulty
   1. His voice was choking with rage.
      他气得声音哽咽。
   2. Despair choked her words.
      她绝望得说不出话来。
   3. ‘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 sth↔off

1. 阻止；制止；限制
   to prevent or limit sth
2. 打断；停止；终止
   to interrupt sth; to stop sth

choke out

choke out sth

1. （因感情激动而）哽咽着说，哽咽地说出某事
   to say sth with great difficulty because you feel a strong emotion

choke up

1. （因感情激动而）哽咽
   to find it difficult to speak, because of the strong emotion that you are feeling

noun

1. a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

2. a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current

   Synonym:    choke coilchoking coil

verb

1. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
   1. She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband

2. cause to retch or choke

   Synonym:    gag

3. struggle for breath
   1. he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

   Synonym:    gagstranglesuffocate

4. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

   Synonym:    strangle

5. reduce the air supply
   1. choke a carburetor

   Synonym:    throttle

6. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   1. She died from cancer
   2. The children perished in the fire
   3. The patient went peacefully
   4. The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

   Synonym:    diedeceaseperishgoexitpass awayexpirepasskick the bucketcash in one's chipsbuy the farmconkgive-up the ghostdrop deadpop offcroaksnuff it

7. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
   1. His job suffocated him

   Synonym:    suffocate

8. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
   1. He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village

   Synonym:    suffocate

9. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
   1. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

   Synonym:    suffocatestifleasphyxiate

10. become or cause to become obstructed
    1. The leaves clog our drains in the Fall
    2. The water pipe is backed up

    Synonym:    clogchoke offclog upback upcongestfoul

11. be too tight
    1. This neckband is choking the cat

    Synonym:    gagfret

12. wring the neck of
    1. The man choked his opponent

    Synonym:    scrag

13. check or slow down the action or effect of
    1. She choked her anger

14. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
    1. The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience