choke
verb
uk/tʃəʊk/us/tʃoʊk/chokeverb(STOP BREATHING)
[IorT]
If you choke, or if something chokes you, youstopbreathingbecause something isblockingyourthroat:
（使）窒息；（使）哽噎；（使）呼吸困难She chokedtodeathon afishbone.她被鱼刺卡住后窒息而亡。
Children can chokeonpeanuts.小孩子吃花生会噎住的。
Peanuts can choke asmallchild.花生会噎住小孩。
[T]
to make someonestopbreathingbypressingtheirthroatwith thehands
（掐住喉咙）使停止呼吸，使窒息Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
- aerobic
- aerobic respiration
- anaerobic respiration
- asphyxia
- asphyxiation
- breathable
- breathlessly
- draw breathphrase
- exhale
- heave
- puff
- shallow
- shortness
- sigh
- sleep apnoea
- smother
- strangulate
- suffocation
- throttle
- winded
chokeverb(FILL)
[Tusually passive](alsochoke up)
tofillsomething such as aroadorpipe, so that nothing canpassthrough:
堵塞，阻塞；塞满Atlunchtimethestreetswere choked withtraffic.午餐时大街上塞车了。
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatchesidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- blocksomethingoff
- bung
- closet
- congest
- cork
- dam
- damsomethingup
- fur
- gum
- sealsomethingin
- sealsomethingoff
- self-seal
- self-sealing
- shut
- silt
- the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
chokeverb(FAIL)
[I]informal(alsochoke it)
(usually insports) tofailto do something at atimewhen it isurgent, usually because yousuddenlyloseconfidence:
（通常指在运动中关键时刻因丧失信心而）失败；怯场He couldscorepointsat will during thequalifyingmatches, but in thefinalhecompletelychoked.他在预选赛中总能随心所欲地得分，可到了决赛发挥就完全失常了。
Failing and doing badly
- abjectly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls(something)up
- be on your beam endsidiom
- blow
- bomb
- collapse
- fall to piecesidiom
- fight a losing battleidiom
- flog
- flog a dead horseidiom
- flop
- founder
- rebound
- rot
- running on emptyidiom
- sclerotic
- smoke
- the rot sets inidiom
Phrasal verbs
chokesomethingback
choke up
choke up onsomething
choke
noun[CorU]
uk/tʃəʊk/us/tʃoʊk/adevicein amotorvehiclethatchangestheamountofairgoing into theengine,allowingmorefuelcomparedtoairto go in andthereforemaking theengineeasiertostart
（机动车上的）阻风门，阻塞门The interior of vehicles
- back seat
- brake
- brake pedal
- dashboard
- defogger
- demister
- dickey
- dimmer switch
- dip switch
- footbrake
- gas pedal
- horn
- inertia reel
- luggage rack
- parking brake
- safety belt
- speedometer
- stick shift
- tachograph
- trim
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