choking
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs. 使窒息; 窒息
A small child could choke on the doll's hair. 小孩子可能会因玩具娃娃的头发而窒息。
Dense smoke swirled and billowed, its rank fumes choking her. 浓密的烟雾盘旋翻腾,刺鼻的烟味使她窒息。
The girl choked to death after breathing in smoke. 那位女孩吸入烟雾后窒息而亡。
2. V-T To choke someone means to squeeze their neck until they are dead. (卡住喉咙) 使停止呼吸
The men pushed him into the entrance of a nearby building, where they choked him with his tie. 那些男人把他推进了附近一座大楼的入口处,然后在那里用他的领带将他勒死了。
3. V-T If a place is choked with things or people, it is full of them and they prevent movement in it. 使阻塞[usu passive]
The village's roads are choked with traffic. 那个村庄的道路被车辆阻塞住了。
4. N-COUNT The choke in a car, truck, or other vehicle is a device that reduces the amount of air going into the engine and makes it easier to start. 阻气门
It is like driving your car with the choke out all the time. 就像一直松着阻气门在开车一样。
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