a piece of cloth that is put over or in somebody’s mouth to stop them speaking （使人不能说话的）封口布；塞口布 They tied him up and put a gag on him. 他们把他绑起来并用布堵住了他的嘴。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + gag- put on
- remove
- take off
- …
an order that prevents something from being publicly reported or discussed 禁刊令（阻止公开报道或讨论某事的法令） a press gag 新闻禁刊令 a gag rule/order (= one given by a court of law) 禁止发言规则；限制言论令
- (informal)
a joke or a funny story, especially one told by a professional comedian （尤指专业喜剧演员的）插科打诨，笑话，噱头 to tell/crack a gag 讲笑话 a running gag (= one that is regularly repeated during a performance) 重复出现的笑话桥段
Extra Examplesa mixture of wit and instant visual gags 机智风趣夹杂着即兴的视觉笑话 a non-stop comedian, cracking gags by the dozen 讲起笑话来就滔滔不绝的喜剧演员 the movie's best gags 这部电影中最有趣的笑话
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- funny
- good
- great
- …
- crack
- tell
- write
- …
- gag about
- (especially North American English)
a trick you play on somebody 恶作剧；诡计；花招
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 Middle English: perhaps related to Old Norse gagháls ‘with the neck thrown back’, or imitative of a person choking. noun senses 3 to 4 mid 19th cent. (originally theatrical slang): of unknown origin.