Choke

(noun.) a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine.

(noun.) a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current.

(verb.) breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; 'She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband'.

(verb.) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.

(verb.) reduce the air supply; 'choke a carburetor'.

(verb.) be too tight; rub or press; 'This neckband is choking the cat'.

(verb.) wring the neck of; 'The man choked his opponent'.

(verb.) check or slow down the action or effect of; 'She choked her anger'.

(verb.) fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; 'The team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing the coach and the audience'.

弗朗西斯整理

• They only choke you. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Strange that grief should now almost choke me, because another human being's eye has failed to greet mine. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• In sleep, upon the march, night or day, he never knew when that quiet noose would slip about his neck and nearly choke the life out of him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• He felt Agustín beside him start to cough, felt him hold it, choke and swallow. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It ended suddenly on its highest note with a choke and a gurgle. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• I'd hold you under the pump, and choke it out of you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The Puritans tried to choke the craving for pleasure in early New England. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Her voice was choked as she went on--was quavering as with the contemplation of some strange, yet closely-present idea. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I wish Glowry was choked with her Man of Sin and her Battle of Armageddon, cried the other, and the carriage rolled away over Putney Bridge. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprung up and choked them. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• He drew his arms tightly over his bosom, and choked back the bitter tears, and tried to pray. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I saw him served with the best of everything--and I shouldn't have been sorry if the best of everything had choked him. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Two ropes would be put about the neck of each animal, with a slip noose, so that he could be choked if too unruly. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Looking round the office, as if her father were a captive and this his cell, Bella hugged him and choked him to her heart's content. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I went down to him, choking for breath, with my heart leaping as if it was like to leap out of me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• After giving a great heave, and with a purple choking face, he then began. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And, with streaming eyes and choking voice, the black man looked up to heaven. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Oh oh oh oh, then choking, Mama mama mia. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I felt that I was choking again--I taxed myself with it, Esther, now, you know you are! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Now she laughed--a little choking gurgle of a laugh; but it was enough. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It was evident to him that he soon must die unless he tore loose from the steel fingers that were choking the life from him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• The blood of Danton chokes him, cried someone. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Next our peaceful Tupman comes, So rosy, plump, and sweet, Who chokes with laughter at the puns, And tumbles off his seat. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The two party system chokes off the cry of a minority--perhaps the best way there is of precipitating an explosion. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I taste it, smell it, see it, it chokes me, and then it breaks out like this. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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