| 单词 | gag |
| 释义 | gag (gæg ) Word forms: gags , gagging , gagged 1. countable noun A gag is something such as a piece of cloth that is tied around or put inside someone's mouth in order to stop them from speaking. His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth. Synonyms: muzzle, tie, restraint 2. verb If someone gags you, they tie a piece of cloth around your mouth or put a cloth inside it in order to stop you from speaking or shouting. I gagged him with a towel. [VERB noun] Synonyms: silence, muffle, muzzle, quieten 3. verb If a person is gagged by someone in authority, they are prevented from expressing their opinion or from publishing certain information. [disapproval] Judges must not be gagged. [be VERB-ed] 4. verb If you gag, you cannot swallow and nearly vomit. I knelt by the toilet and gagged. [VERB] Synonyms: retch, choke, heave 5. countable noun A gag is a joke. [informal] ...a gag about policemen giving evidence in court. [+ about] 6. verb [only cont] If you say that someone is gagging for something or is gagging to do something, you are emphasizing that they want to have it or do it very much. [informal] Girls everywhere are gagging for a car like this. [VERB + for] There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university. [VERB to-infinitive] Collocations: visual gag You could risk a visual gag at the start. Times, Sunday Times But the best line and visual gag both occur early on, and the laughs stop as soon as she heads north. Times, Sunday Times A leather braided flail on the mantelpiece delivers another visual gag. Times, Sunday Times Occasionally, the joke in the last panel takes the form of a purely visual gag. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The band fared much better on live television, where their spontaneous antics and crazy visual gags guaranteed the viewers a good time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 塞口物, 塞住...之口 Japanese: さるぐつわ, さるぐつわをかませる |
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