noun🔗Share阻风门，节气门. A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.""Before starting the old car on a cold morning, I had to pull out the choke to give it more fuel." "在寒冷的早晨启动老式汽车前，我必须拉出阻风门，以便让它获得更多的燃油。vehiclemachinetechnicalfuelChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share锁喉，扼喉 In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation."The wrestler used a powerful choke hold to gain control of his opponent. "这位摔跤手用一个强力的锁喉控制住了他的对手。sportactionbodyweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share喉缩，收束器。 A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot."The shotgun's choke restricted the spread of the pellets, making precise aiming easier. "这把猎枪的喉缩限制了弹丸的扩散，从而更容易精确瞄准。weaponsporttechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share堵塞，阻塞。 A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage."The explorer carefully navigated around the choke of fallen rocks that blocked half of the cave passage. "探险家小心翼翼地绕过洞穴通道里那堆堵塞了半个通道的落石。geologynatureenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share嫩蓟心 The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke."The artichoke's choke was a delicious, tender treat. "朝鲜蓟的嫩蓟心鲜嫩美味，是一道令人愉悦的佳肴。vegetablefoodplantpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share扼流圈，阻流圈。 Choking coil"The old radio used a choke to filter out unwanted noise from the power supply. "老式收音机使用一个扼流圈来过滤电源中的噪声杂讯。electronicsdevicetechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share失误，重大失误，关键时刻掉链子 A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning."The basketball player's choke cost the team the championship game. "这位篮球运动员关键时刻的重大失误导致球队输掉了冠军赛。sportachievementoutcomemindattitudeeventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share噎住，窒息。 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."自从他被鱼刺噎住过一次，他就再也不肯吃鱼了。bodyphysiologymedicinesensationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share哽咽，窒息。 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."这件衬衫的领子太紧了，勒得我喘不过气来。physiologybodymedicineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share堵塞，阻塞。 To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it."to choke a cave passage with boulders and mud"用巨石和泥土堵塞洞穴通道physiologymedicinebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息，扼杀，阻塞。 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)."The drought choked the sunflower plants' growth. "干旱扼杀了向日葵的生长。environmentbiologyplantnatureagricultureecologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share发挥失常，搞砸，临场崩溃 To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning."He has a lot of talent, but he tends to choke under pressure."他很有天赋，但一到关键时刻就容易临场崩溃。sportmindachievementactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share握笔过低, 手握太靠前 To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool."To create the shading effect, she carefully choked her charcoal pencil close to the paper. "为了画出阴影效果，她小心地握笔过低，几乎贴着纸面握住了炭笔的前端。artwritingtechnicalactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息，阻塞 To be checked or stopped, as if by choking"The student's progress in math was choked by a sudden illness. "学生的数学进步被突如其来的疾病阻碍了。physiologymedicinebodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share说不出话，哽咽。 To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking."The emotion in her throat was so strong it made her choke the words before she could say them. "她喉咙里的情绪太强烈了，强烈到让她哽咽，说不出话来。physiologycommunicationemotionbodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share哽咽，说不出话。 To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion."Seeing her daughter's winning essay, Sarah choked with pride. "看到女儿获奖的作文，莎拉激动得说不出话来。emotionsensationphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share哽咽，说不出话，激动得说不出话。 To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion."His disappointment at failing the exam choked him with a feeling of inadequacy. "考试失败的失望感让他哽咽难言，觉得自己一无是处。emotionsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share说不下去，哽咽。 To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example)."Seeing her failing grade, she choked on the words she wanted to say to her parents. "看到自己不及格的成绩，她想对父母说的话哽在喉咙里，说不出口。emotioncommunicationlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share阻风，节气门，扼流圈 To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine."He had to choke the old motorcycle to get it started on the cold morning. "他不得不拉上风门/启动阻风门才能在寒冷的早晨发动那辆老摩托车。vehicletechnologymachinefuelChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share阻塞，壅塞 (of a duct) To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1)."The water pipe choked at its narrowest section, reaching maximum flow. "水管在最窄处发生了壅塞，达到了最大流量。technicalphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share收缩，缩窄。 To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun."The hunter carefully choked the shotgun cartridge before loading it. "猎人在装填猎枪弹之前，小心地收紧了猎枪弹壳口。weapontechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
