choke
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they choke | |
| he / she / it chokes | |
| past simple choked | |
| past participle choked | |
| -ing form choking |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to be unable to breathe because the passage to your lungs is blocked or you cannot get enough air; to make somebody unable to breathe （使）窒息，哽噎 She almost choked to death in the thick fumes. 她几乎被浓烟呛死。 - choke on something
He was choking on a piece of toast. 他被一块烤面包噎得喘不过气来。 - choke somebody
Very small toys can choke a baby. 很小的玩具可使婴儿窒息。
Extra ExamplesMy son nearly choked on one of those nuts. 我儿子差点儿让一颗坚果给噎住。 The fumes from the burning tyres made her choke. 轮胎燃烧的浓烟使她呼吸困难。 The device contains small parts which could easily choke a child. 这个装置有小零件，很容易使儿童窒息。 The water flooded his mouth, choking him. 水淹没了他的嘴，使他窒息。 Thick clouds of dust choked him. 灰尘弥漫让他感到窒息。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- nearly
- make somebody
- on
- choke (somebody) to death
- [transitive] choke somebody
to make somebody stop breathing by pressing their throat, especially with your fingers （掐住喉咙）使停止呼吸，使窒息 He may have been choked or poisoned. 他可能是被掐死或毒死的。 She had been choked to death when her necklace snagged on overhanging branches. 当她的项链挂在树枝上时，她窒息而死。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- nearly
- make somebody
- on
- choke (somebody) to death
- [intransitive, transitive]
to be unable to speak normally especially because of strong emotion; to make somebody feel too emotional to speak normally （尤指感情激动而）说不出话来；使哽咽 - choke (with something)
His voice was choking with rage. 他气得声音哽咽。 - choke something
Despair choked her words. 她绝望得说不出话来。 ‘I can't bear it,’ he said in a choked voice. “我实在忍不下去了。” 他声音哽咽地说道。 - choke somebody
The panic rising in his throat threatened to choke him. 喉咙里升起的恐惧使他几乎喘不上气来。
- choke (with something)
- [transitive, usually passive]
to block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult 阻塞，塞满，堵塞（通道、空间等） - [intransitive] (informal)
to fail at something, for example because you are nervous （因紧张等而）失败，失灵，失去作用 We were the only team not to choke at the big moment. 在这个重要时刻，我们是唯一没有窒息的队伍。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old English ācēocian (verb), from cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak.