| 词组 | choke |
| 释义 | choke [choked, choked, choking] choke back choke back tears/anger/disappointment etc to force yourself not to cry or show your feelings about something: ▪ Dole choked back tears as he announced his resignation. ▪ Choking back his own disappointment, he congratulated his opponent on his victory. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑choke down, ↑force back, ↑hold back choke down 1. choke down sth • choke sth down to eat or drink something with difficulty, especially because you do not like it, or because you are ill or upset: ▪ I managed to choke down part of the soup and promised to try to finish the rest of it later. ▪ Trying to be polite, Janie took a small portion of the meat and began to choke it down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑force down 2. choke down sth • choke sth down to force yourself not to show your feelings: ▪ "All right," I said, choking down my tears, "I'll apologise to Mrs James." ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑choke back, ↑hold back, ↑fight back choke off choke off sth to stop the supply of something: ▪ The government is increasing its efforts to choke off the flow of cocaine from Latin America to the United States. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑stop, ↑block choke up 1. choke up • choke sb up to have difficulty speaking because you are almost crying, or to make someone do this: ▪ When she was thanking her family for all the help over the years, she started to choke up. ▪ Louis Armstrong's song 'Wonderful World' chokes me up every time I hear it. choked up adj when you have difficulty speaking because you are almost crying: ▪ Bill wanted to thank the woman, but he was too choked up to speak. 2. choke up sth • choke sth up to block a street or area etc so that people or traffic cannot easily move through it: ▪ Commuter traffic chokes up the freeways during rush hour. |
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