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单词 choke
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choke

verb
/tʃəʊk/
/tʃəʊk/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they choke
/tʃəʊk/
/tʃəʊk/
he / she / it chokes
/tʃəʊks/
/tʃəʊks/
past simple choked
/tʃəʊkt/
/tʃəʊkt/
past participle choked
/tʃəʊkt/
/tʃəʊkt/
-ing form choking
/ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/
/ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [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
    • She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.
    • choke on something He was choking on a piece of toast.
    • choke somebody Very small toys can choke a baby.
    Extra Examples
    • My son nearly choked on one of those nuts.
    • The fumes from the burning tyres made her choke.
    • The device contains small parts which could easily choke a child.
    • The water flooded his mouth, choking him.
    • Thick clouds of dust choked him.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • almost
    • nearly
    verb + choke
    • make somebody
    preposition
    • on
    phrases
    • choke (somebody) to death
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  2. [transitive] choke somebody to make somebody stop breathing by pressing their throat, especially with your fingers synonym strangle
    • He may have been choked or poisoned.
    • She had been choked to death when her necklace snagged on overhanging branches.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • almost
    • nearly
    verb + choke
    • make somebody
    preposition
    • on
    phrases
    • choke (somebody) to death
    See full entry
  3. [intransitive, transitive] to be unable to speak normally especially because of strong emotion; to make somebody feel too emotional to speak normally
    • choke (with something) His voice was choking with rage.
    • choke something Despair choked her words.
    • ‘I can't bear it,’ he said in a choked voice.
    • choke somebody The panic rising in his throat threatened to choke him.
    see also choked
  4. [transitive, usually passive] to block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult
    • be choked with something The pond was choked with rotten leaves.
    • be choked up with something The roads are choked up with traffic.
    • In summer the roads around the town are choked up with traffic.
  5. [intransitive] (informal) to fail at something, for example because you are nervous
    • We were the only team not to choke at the big moment.
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
  6. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old English ācēocian (verb), from cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak.

choke

noun
/tʃəʊk/
/tʃəʊk/
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  1. a device that controls the amount of air flowing into the engine of a vehicle
    • an automatic choke
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
  2. an act or the sound of choking
    • She gave a little choke of laughter.
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old English ācēocian (verb), from cēoce ‘cheek, jaw’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch kaak.
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