chokes

英 [tʃəʊks]

美 [tʃoʊks]

v.  (使)窒息，哽噎; (掐住喉咙)使停止呼吸，使窒息; (尤指感情激动而)说不出话来，使哽咽
choke的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)噎住;(使)哽住;(使)卡住
  When youchokeor when somethingchokesyou, 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。
• VERB 掐死;扼死;勒死
  Tochokesomeone 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。
• VERB 挤满;塞满
  If a placeis choked withthings 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。
• (汽车、卡车等的)阻气门
  Thechokein 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.

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