choke

名词 choke:

1. a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
   同义词：choke coil, choking coil
2. a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine

动词 choke:

1. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
2. be too tight; rub or press
   同义词：gag, fret
3. wring the neck of
   同义词：scrag
4. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
   同义词：strangle
5. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
   同义词：gag, strangle, suffocate
6. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
7. check or slow down the action or effect of
8. become or cause to become obstructed
   同义词：clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, foul
9. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
   同义词：suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
10. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
    同义词：suffocate
11. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
    同义词：suffocate
12. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    同义词：die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, croak, snuff it
13. reduce the air supply
    同义词：throttle
14. cause to retch or choke
    同义词：gag

1. She choked with emotion.
   她激动得说不出话来。
2. An old woman was found choked to death.
   发现一个老妇人被掐死了。

choke

v.（动词）
choked,chok.ing,chokes
v.tr.（及物动词）
To interfere with the respiration of by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea.
阻止：通过掐住或堵住喉咙或气管而阻碍呼吸

To check or slow down the movement, growth, or action of:
停止，放慢：移动、生长或动作的停止或放慢：
例句：
a garden that was choked by weeds.
因杂草丛生而荒芜的花园

To block up or obstruct by filling or clogging:
堵塞，阻碍：通过装满或塞满来堵塞或阻碍：
例句：
Mud choked the drainpipe.
淤泥堵塞了下水道

To fill up completely; jam:
把…装得满满的；塞满：
例句：
Major commuter arteries were choked with stalled traffic.
主要的交通干线都挤满了堵塞的车辆

To reduce the air intake of (a carburetor), thereby enriching the fuel mixture.
阻塞气门：减少进入汽化器的空气以得到更浓的燃料混合物
Sports To grip (a bat or racket, for example) at a point nearer the hitting surface.
【体育运动】 握住：握住（球棒，球拍等的）接近击球面之处
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To have difficulty in breathing, swallowing, or speaking.
哽塞：在呼吸、吞咽或说话上有困难
To become blocked up or obstructed.
被堵塞或阻碍
Sports To shorten one`s grip on the handle of a bat or racket.
【体育运动】 短握：在球棒或球拍把手上缩短握拍距离
To fail to perform effectively because of nervous agitation or tension:
表现失常：因神经不安或紧张而未能有效率地工作：
例句：
.The only top official to choke up was the Secretary of State. . . . he created a problem by insisting on solving a problem that was not acute.(William Safire)
.国务卿是唯一的举止失措的高级官员…他坚持要解决一个并不严重的问题反而造成了问题.(威廉·萨菲尔)

n.（名词）
The act or sound of choking.
哽咽声：呼吸不畅的行为或声音

Something that constricts or chokes.
堵塞物：压制或堵塞的东西
A narrow part, such as the chokebore of a firearm.
细颈部：如枪的绞筒等狭窄的部分
A device used in an internal-combustion engine to enrich the fuel mixture by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor.
阻塞门：内燃机上通过减少流向汽化器的空气量使燃料混合物浓度提高的装置

<常用词组>choke back
To hold back; suppress:
忍住；抑制：
例句：
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：
例句：
.Treasury borrowing of existing savings would drive up the interest rate and choke off economic activity.(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.(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
来源：
Middle English choken
中古英语 choken
short for achoken
achoken的简写
from Old English 3ceôcian
源自 古英语 3ceôcian
3- [intensive pref.]
3- [加强词意的前缀]
côoce, côace [jaw, cheek]
côoce, côace [下颚，脸颊]