choke
verb · nounA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
(intransitive)To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
Ever since he choked on a bone, he has refused to eat fish.
- 2.
(transitive)To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
The collar of this shirt is too tight; it’s choking me.
Đồng nghĩa: asphyxiate, strangle, suffocate, throttle
- 3.
(transitive)To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud
Đồng nghĩa: block up, bung up, clog, congest, jam, obstruct, stop up
- 4.
(transitive)To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
1697, John Dryden (translator), “The Fifth Pastoral,” lines 55-56, in The Works of Virgil, London: Jacob Tonson, p. 22, No fruitful Crop the sickly Fields return; But Oats and Darnel choak the rising Corn.
Đồng nghĩa: choke out, stifle
- 5.
(colloquial, intransitive)To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure.
- 6.
(transitive)To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- 7.
(transitive)(golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- 8.
(intransitive)To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
Đồng nghĩa: stick
- 9.
(transitive)To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- 10.
(intransitive)To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
2007, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Wizard of the Crow, New York: Knopf Doubleday, Book 3, p. 435, Tajirika felt himself choking with anger. How dare those hussies interfere with his business?
- 11.
(transitive)To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- 12.
(transitive)To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- 2.
(sports) In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- 3.
A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- 4.
A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- 5.
(electronics) A choking coil.
- 6.
A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
- 7.
The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
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From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (to choke), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (jaw, cheek), see cheek. Cognate with kok throat, koka (to gulp). See also achoke.