英语词汇“chockablock”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

When something is chockablock, it's full or stuffed with something. Cities are chockablock with people.

This humorous-looking, rhyming word means jam-packed. A library is chockablock with books. Malls are chockablock with stores and teenagers. Concerts for popular bands are chockablock with screaming, adoring fans. The beach is chockablock with people during the summer. The opposite of chockablock would be empty, sparse, or deserted. Originally, this was a nautical word for pulley blocks that were touching each other, which led to it meaning crowded and dense. Chockablock means about the same as "chock full."

TASTY MORSELS

A Vocabulary Shout-Out: Charles Isherwood for "Gewgaw"

In "36 Hours in San Juan, Puerto Rico," which appeared in this past Saturday's New York Times, theater critic Charles Isherwood demonstrated an impressive familiarity with the somewhat fussy gewgaw (pronounced "goo-gaw") when he described shopping in Old San Juan. For extra credit, he even worked in chockablock as well.

Perhaps because it’s a popular stop on Caribbean cruise tours, the central city is so chockablock with stores selling tacky gewgaws that you could conceivably furnish an entire apartment with merchandise announcing its provenance in Puerto Rico. (There’s even a shop that calls itself the Tourist Trap.)

Read more about gewgaw here, chockablock here, or check out "Real Life Examples Help Words Stick in Your Brain" to learn how paying attention to usage examples is one of the best ways to learn new words.

WORD FAMILY

chockablock

USAGE EXAMPLES

Chockablock with photographs and brief memoirs, this nostalgia-laden scrapbook pulses with the sweetness of being young in Paris.

Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016)

Categories in which there were once clear winners and a few fillers are now regularly chockablock with extraordinary dramas and comedies, performances, writing and directing.

Los Angeles Times(Sep 19, 2016)

Keeping those tacos company are lamb consomme, chockablock with chickpeas and tiny noodles, and pancita, which is basically an organ recital you can eat.

Washington Post(Jul 11, 2016)

adj packed full to capacity

chowder chockablock with pieces of fish

Syn

chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full
full

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

单词	chockablock
释义	chockablock (once / 142402 pages) adj When something is chockablock, it's full or stuffed with something. Cities are chockablock with people. This humorous-looking, rhyming word means jam-packed. A library is chockablock with books. Malls are chockablock with stores and teenagers. Concerts for popular bands are chockablock with screaming, adoring fans. The beach is chockablock with people during the summer. The opposite of chockablock would be empty, sparse, or deserted. Originally, this was a nautical word for pulley blocks that were touching each other, which led to it meaning crowded and dense. Chockablock means about the same as "chock full." TASTY MORSELS A Vocabulary Shout-Out: Charles Isherwood for "Gewgaw" In "36 Hours in San Juan, Puerto Rico," which appeared in this past Saturday's New York Times, theater critic Charles Isherwood demonstrated an impressive familiarity with the somewhat fussy gewgaw (pronounced "goo-gaw") when he described shopping in Old San Juan. For extra credit, he even worked in chockablock as well. Perhaps because it’s a popular stop on Caribbean cruise tours, the central city is so chockablock with stores selling tacky gewgaws that you could conceivably furnish an entire apartment with merchandise announcing its provenance in Puerto Rico. (There’s even a shop that calls itself the Tourist Trap.) Read more about gewgaw here, chockablock here, or check out "Real Life Examples Help Words Stick in Your Brain" to learn how paying attention to usage examples is one of the best ways to learn new words. WORD FAMILY chockablock USAGE EXAMPLES Chockablock with photographs and brief memoirs, this nostalgia-laden scrapbook pulses with the sweetness of being young in Paris. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) Categories in which there were once clear winners and a few fillers are now regularly chockablock with extraordinary dramas and comedies, performances, writing and directing. Los Angeles Times(Sep 19, 2016) Keeping those tacos company are lamb consomme, chockablock with chickpeas and tiny noodles, and pancita, which is basically an organ recital you can eat. Washington Post(Jul 11, 2016) adj packed full to capacity chowder chockablock with pieces of fish Syn chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full full containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
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