v.抑制
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
choke (verb)transitive verb
1.
to check or block normal breathing of by compressing or obstructing the trachea or by poisoning or adulterating available air
2.
a) to check or hinder the growth, development, or activity of - the flowers were choked by the weeds
b) to obstruct by filling up or clogging - leaves choked the drain
c) to fill completely - jam roads choked with traffic
3.
to enrich the fuel mixture of (a motor) by partially shutting off the air intake of the carburetor
4.
intransitive verb
to grip (as a baseball bat) some distance from the end of the handle - usually used with up
1.
to become in breathing - choked he choked on a bone
2.
a) to become obstructed or checked
b) to become or feel constricted in the throat (as from strong emotion) - usually used with up choked up and couldn't finish the speech
3.
to shorten one's grip especially on the handle of a bat - usually used with up
4.
to lose one's composure and fail to perform effectively in a critical situation - had a chance to win the game but he choked
1.
by folk etymology from arti the filamentous inedible center of an artichoke flower head , broadly an artichoke flower head
2.
something that obstructs passage or flow as
a) a valve for a gasoline engine - choking
b) a constriction in an outlet (as of an oil well) that restricts flow
c) - reactor
d) a constriction (as a narrowing of the barrel or an attachment) at the muzzle of a shotgun that serves to limit the spread of shot
3.
the act of choking
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
choke (verb)1.
to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe
SYNONYMS:
garrote ( garotte), strangle, suffocate, throttleRELATED WORDS:
asphyxiate, smother, stifle; scragNEAR ANTONYMS:
restore, resuscitate, revive2.
to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe
SYNONYMS:
gag, suffocateRELATED WORDS:
heave, retch, throw up, vomit; asphyxiate, smother, stifleNEAR ANTONYMS:
breathe, respire; expire, inspire3.
to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air
SYNONYMS:
choke, stifle, strangle, suffocateRELATED WORDS:
garrote ( garotte), throttle; asphyxiate; drown; croak [], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slayNEAR ANTONYMS:
breathe, exhale, expire, inhale, inspire; resuscitate, revive4.
to prevent passage through by filling with something
SYNONYMS:
block, choke, clot, congest, dam, gum (up), jam, obstruct, occlude, plug (up), stop (up), stuffRELATED WORDS:
bung, cork, spile, stopper, stopple; fill, gridlock, pack; fur, silt; flood, glut, inundate, overwhelm, swampNEAR ANTONYMS:
excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out); empty, lightento refrain from openly showing or uttering
SYNONYMS:
choke (back), hold back, pocket, repress, sink, smother, stifle, strangle, submerge, swallowRELATED WORDS:
control, govern, manage; bridle, check, curb, quash, quell; bottle up, contain; muffle, squelchNEAR ANTONYMS:
express, loose, release, take out, unleash, vent