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. 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。
2. 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。
3. Choking back tears, he said Mary died in his arms.
   他强忍住泪水，说玛丽死在了他的怀里。
4. Then suddenly she gave a low, choking moan and began to tremble violently
   她突然发出一声低沉、憋闷的呻吟，身体开始剧烈地颤抖。
5. The capital, Nairobi, is choking on uncontrolled immigration.
   移民纷纷涌入首都内罗毕，人满为患。
6. The little girl is weeping in choking sobs.
   小女孩在低声抽搭。
7. The worker quickly cleared away the dirt that was choking up the chimney.
   那工人很快就把塞住烟囱的污垢清除干净了。
8. Cavalry, raising clouds of choking dust, went past endlessly.
   骑兵一路上不断扬起令人窒息的灰尘。
9. The pungent, choking smell of sulphur filled the air.
   空气中弥漫着刺鼻呛人的硫磺气味。
10. The searing heat, the choking dust of summer.
    夏天的灼热和令人窒息的尘烟。
11. BILL THOMPSON: And choking on water.
    比尔·汤普森：被水呛着了。
12. Runoff and debris from land are choking the ocean and creating dead zones where life cannot exist.
    陆地径流及污染物堵塞了海洋并制造了生命无法生存的死亡地带。
13. They may also irritate the upper respiratory tract, causing coughing, choking, and general debility.
    这些也能刺激上呼吸道，引起咳嗽、窒息和全身虚弱感。
14. Also, you can't expect to have the entire game all dark and choking!
    还有，你不能期望整个游戏充满了黑暗和窒息的感觉！
15. Food breathed into the windpipe can cause choking.
    吸进气管的食物会造成窒息。
16. Leaves were choking the brook.
    树叶快将小溪堵塞住了。
17. God, he's choking on a piece of steak.
    老天，他被一块牛排噎住了。
18. He was choking me to death, and I was just trying to get free.
    他快把我掐窒息了我只是想摆脱他。
19. She could not breathe; he was choking her;
    他把她的嘴捂住，她都不能呼吸了；
20. Cars and trucks are choking up our streets.
    轿车和卡车把我们的街道堵塞了。
21. Now he was choking on a piece of meat.
    此时他被一块肉噎住了。
22. The seizure of Bangkok's tourist and shopping hub is choking the city's economic recovery.
    曼谷观光业和购物中心的扣押正一直着城市的经济复苏。
23. Pollution-control measures are either not strict or non-existent, leading to choking clouds of smog.
    污染控制措施，或者不严格或根本不存在，导致窒息云彩的烟雾。
24. If a choking victim is sitting or standing, you should stand directly behind him or her.
    如果一个窒息的患者正坐着或站着，你应站在他或她的正背后。
25. Instantly she began choking, a portion of herring having lodged suddenly in her gullet.
    她马上噎住了，一块鲱鱼突然卡在她的食管里。
26. He is choking, undo him.
    他快窒息了，把他的衣服解开。
27. His throat was full to choking. He gently stroked her hair.
    他的喉头哽住了，只是用手轻抚着玛丽的头发。
28. I'm choking with empathy.
    我快要被感情窒息了。
29. I'm choking on my own spit.
    我被我自己的唾沫呛住了。
30. Mostly he was only moving his lips, blinking and choking up.
    但大多数时间，他实际上只是动动嘴唇，不停地眨眼，哽噎着出不了声。

noun

1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
   1. no evidence that the choking was done by the accused

   Synonym:    stranglingstrangulationthrottling

2. a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)