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choking 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/CHōk/,
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chokes, 3rd person singular present; choked, past participle; choked, past tense; choking, present participle;
  1. (of a person or animal) Have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air
    • - Willie choked on a mouthful of soda
  2. Hinder or obstruct the breathing of (a person or animal) in such a way

  3. Retard the growth of or kill (a plant) by depriving it of light, air, or nourishment
    • - the bracken will choke the wild gladiolus
  4. Fill (a passage or space), esp. so as to make movement difficult or impossible
    • - the roads were choked with traffic
  5. Prevent or suppress (the occurrence of something)
    • - higher rates of interest choke off investment demand
  6. Overwhelm and make (someone) speechless with a strong and typically negative feeling or emotion
    • - she was choked with angry emotion
    • - I just choked up reading it
  7. (in sports) Fail to perform at a crucial point of a game or contest owing to a failure of nerve
    • - we were the only team not to choke when it came to the crunch
  8. Enrich the fuel mixture in (a gasoline engine) by reducing the intake of air

  1. a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
  2. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
  3. (choke) a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current
  4. (choke) breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
  5. (choke) a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine
  6. (choke) be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
  7. Choking is the mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from the environment into the lungs. Choking prevents breathing, and can be partial or complete, with partial choking allowing some, although inadequate, flow of air into the lungs. ...
  8. Damping is a technique in music for altering the sound of a musical instrument. Damping methods are used for a number of instruments.
  9. (Choke (album)) Choke (released October 1990) is The Beautiful South's second album. It was pushed to number 2 in the charts after the release of the South's first and only number 1 single "A Little Time".
  10. (Choke (band)) Choke was a Canadian Punk rock band.
  11. (Choke (Beavis and Butt-head episode)) The following is an episode list for the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-head. ...
  12. (Choke (electronics)) A choke is an inductor designed to block (have a high reactance to) higher frequencies in an electrical circuit while passing signals of much lower frequency or direct current.
  13. (chokingly) While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke
  14. (choke) A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold; In wrestling, karate (etc. ...
  15. (Choke) (choking): when trapping color closing in an area that has another color inside so the choked color overlaps, also spreading.
  16. (Choke) A device with an orifice installed in a line to restrict the flow of fluids.
  17. (choke) Technique of slightly reducing the size of an image to create a hairline trap or to outline. Also called shrink and skinny.
  18. (choke) to suddenly lose the ability to do something or win; to go from winning to losing.
  19. (Choke) narrow portion of a fountian/rocket tube, usually made out of clay, that is used to increase internal pressure, which therefore increases the velocity of the products being ejected to create thrust
  20. (Choke) a method of altering the thickness of a shape by overexposure in processing or by means of a built-in option in some computer applications.
  21. (Choke) A move blocking the carotid artery in the neck, restricting the passage of blood to the brain. Failing to "tap" can put the victim into a temporary state of unconsciousness.
  22. (choke) To play poorly because of self-imposed pressure.
  23. (Choke) The background area of the wallpaper. Also called the ground.
  24. (Choke) Failure to accomplish objective.
  25. (Choke) another term used for an inductor, most commonly an inductor used as a power supply filter.