choke
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++choke1 /tʃəʊk $ tʃoʊk/ ●●○ verb 1 STOP BREATHING[intransitive]BREATHE to be unable to breathe properly because something is in your throat or there is not enough air 窒息，呼吸困难choke on He choked on a piece of bread. 他被一块面包噎住了。 Six people choked to death on the fumes. 六人被烟呛死。2 [transitive] if something chokes you, it makes you unable to breathe properly 使窒息，使呼吸困难 I felt as if there was a weight on my chest, choking me. 我感觉好像有重物压在胸口，让我喘不过气来。 The smoke was choking me. 烟呛得我呼吸困难。3 INJURE[transitive]BREATHE to prevent someone from breathing by putting your hands around their throat and pressing on it 〔掐住脖子〕使透不过气，使窒息 His hands were round her throat, choking her. 他双手掐住她的喉咙使她无法呼吸。4 [intransitive, transitive] to be unable to talk clearly because you are feeling a strong emotion 〔因情绪激动而〕说不出话，（使）哽咽choke with He was choking with rage. 他气得语不成声。 I was too choked with emotion to speak. 我激动得说不出话。 Her voice was choked with rage. 她气得声音都哽咽了。5 SAY something[transitive] (also choke something ↔ out)SAY/STATE to say something with difficulty because you are very upset or angry 哽咽着说 ‘Get out, ’ she choked. “出去。”她哽咽着说道。6 BLOCK[transitive] (also choke something ↔ up)FULL to fill a place so that things cannot move through it 堵塞，阻塞 Weeds were choking the stream. 野草将溪流堵塞了。be choked (up) with something The gutters were choked up with leaves. 阴沟里堵满了树叶。7 SPORTS[intransitive] informalFAIL to fail at doing something, especially a sport, because there is a lot of pressure on you 〔尤指体育运动中因紧张而〕失败，发挥失常 People said I choked, but I just had a bad day on the golf course. 他们说我因为紧张而发挥失常，其实我只是这天在高尔夫球场上运气不好罢了。8 PLANTS[transitive]HBP if one plant chokes another, it kills it by growing all around it and taking away its light and room to grow 〔植物〕扼杀，阻止…的生长 Weeds can quickly choke delicate garden plants. 野草很快就会使娇弱的园林植物枯死。9 choke a horse BIG American English spoken if you say that something is big enough to choke a horse, you are emphasizing that it is very big 异常大 a wad of bills big enough to choke a horse 一大沓钞票 PHRASAL VERBS→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
choke• The father told police he shook his daughter because she was choking.• Do something -- he's choking!• At last I reached the shore and fell onto the sand, choking and spluttering.• I felt myself being choked by thick, yellow fumes.• He grabbed her around the neck and choked her to death.• She cried out, then the cry caught and choked in her throat.• Don't hold so tight, you're choking me.• Some investors assert that the lack of a spending accord, for now, will buoy bonds by choking off economic growth.• The old king died after choking on a chicken bone.• He beamed again as Ali, practically choking on his own saliva, fell forward into a group of pupils.• He'd choked on his own vomit after a session of sniffing aerosols.• He began to sob, and choked out, "I have to go now."• Growth of the reed can choke out native water plants.• "I guess we choked, " said Coach Landers after his team's last minute defeat.• The Feldwebel was choking with laughter.• The roads were choked with traffic.• The teacher told her the baby had been choking, would not take a bottle and had thrown up four times.• Small parts on the toys could break off and choke young children.choke on• He choked on a wad of gum.choke with• Deaton, red and almost choked with fury, thumped the table.be choked (up) with something• A few years ago, Fremont Street was choked with cars, cabs, exhaust fumes and even a few gamblers.• The wind struck at her, the sky was choked with dark blue churning cloud.• The pores were choked with dust, and the tiles were yellow with age.• The empty ornamental pond was choked with rotten leaves, starlings blew about the place like avian litter.• The roads approaching São Paulo were choked with rush-hour traffic.• The roads for miles were choked with supply wagons, ammunition trains, and rumbling batteries.• The harbor was choked with warships.choke2 noun [countable] 1. TTCa piece of equipment in a vehicle that controls the amount of air going into the engine, and that is used to help the engine start 〔汽车引擎的〕阻气门2 BREATHEthe sound that someone makes when they cannot breathe properly because something is in their throat or there is not enough air 呛住的声音，噎住的声音Examples from the Corpus
choke• Also, long walks, like choke chains, are out of the question.• Give it a bit more choke.• Everyone saw multiple chokes and made the connection.• Here the choke chain is relaxed, Note that the leash itself is held in your right hand.• Similarly the choke chain will again tighten, encouraging your pet to walk alongside you.Origin choke1 (1300-1400) achoke “to choke” ((11-14 centuries)), from Old English aceocianto something because properly in Corpus to be unable breathe is
choke
choke1 /tʃəʊk $ tʃoʊk/ 
verb
choke on
He choked on a piece of bread.
Six people choked to death on the fumes.
2. [transitive] if something chokes you, it makes you unable to breathe properly:
I felt as if there was a weight on my chest, choking me.
The smoke was choking me.
3. [transitive] to prevent someone from breathing by putting your hands around their throat and pressing on it:
His hands were round her throat, choking her.
4. [intransitive and transitive] to be unable to talk clearly because you are feeling a strong emotion
choke with
He was choking with rage.
I was too choked with emotion to speak.
Her voice was choked with rage.
5. [transitive] (also choke something ↔ out) to say something with difficulty because you are very upset or angry:
‘Get out,’ she choked.
6. [transitive] (also choke something ↔ up) to fill a place so that things cannot move through it:
Weeds were choking the stream.
be choked (up) with something
The gutters were choked up with leaves.
7. [intransitive] informal to fail at doing something, especially a sport, because there is a lot of pressure on you:
People said I choked, but I just had a bad day on the golf course.
8. [transitive] if one plant chokes another, it kills it by growing all around it and taking away its light and room to grow:
Weeds can quickly choke delicate garden plants.
9. choke a horse American English spoken if you say that something is big enough to choke a horse, you are emphasizing that it is very big:
a wad of bills big enough to choke a horse
choke something ↔ back phrasal verb
to control your anger, sadness etc so that you do not show it:
He choked back tears as he described what had happened.
She choked back a sob.
I choked back my anger.
choke off something phrasal verb
to prevent something from happening:
It is feared that higher interest rates might choke off economic recovery.
choke something ↔ out phrasal verb
to say something with difficulty because you are very upset or angry:
His heart hammered as he choked out the words.
‘No!’ she choked out.
choke up phrasal verb
1. choke something ↔ up to fill a place so that things cannot move through it
be choked up with something
The stream was choked up with weeds.
2. choke somebody up to make someone feel very upset and unable to talk:
This song really chokes me up.
I was really choked up when I saw her again.
choke2 noun [countable]
1. a piece of equipment in a vehicle that controls the amount of air going into the engine, and that is used to help the engine start
2. the sound that someone makes when they cannot breathe properly because something is in their throat or there is not enough air:
She gave a little choke of laughter.
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verb Date: 1300-1400
Origin: achoke 'to choke' (11-14 centuries), from Old English aceocian
1. [intransitive] to be unable to breathe properly because something is in your throat or there is not enough airOrigin: achoke 'to choke' (11-14 centuries), from Old English aceocian
choke on
2. [transitive] if something chokes you, it makes you unable to breathe properly:
3. [transitive] to prevent someone from breathing by putting your hands around their throat and pressing on it:
4. [intransitive and transitive] to be unable to talk clearly because you are feeling a strong emotion
choke with
5. [transitive] (also choke something ↔ out) to say something with difficulty because you are very upset or angry:
6. [transitive] (also choke something ↔ up) to fill a place so that things cannot move through it:
be choked (up) with something
7. [intransitive] informal to fail at doing something, especially a sport, because there is a lot of pressure on you:
8. [transitive] if one plant chokes another, it kills it by growing all around it and taking away its light and room to grow:
9. choke a horse American English spoken if you say that something is big enough to choke a horse, you are emphasizing that it is very big:
choke something ↔ back phrasal verb
to control your anger, sadness etc so that you do not show it:
choke off something phrasal verb
to prevent something from happening:
choke something ↔ out phrasal verb
to say something with difficulty because you are very upset or angry:
choke up phrasal verb
1. choke something ↔ up to fill a place so that things cannot move through it
be choked up with something
2. choke somebody up to make someone feel very upset and unable to talk:
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noun [countable]1. a piece of equipment in a vehicle that controls the amount of air going into the engine, and that is used to help the engine start
2. the sound that someone makes when they cannot breathe properly because something is in their throat or there is not enough air:
