Choking
['tʃəʊkɪŋ] or ['tʃokɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; 'no evidence that the choking was done by the accused'.
(noun.) a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx).
手打:南希--From WordNet
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choke
(a.) That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.
(a.) Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.
编辑:梅齐
例句:
- 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 thick, warm air of the conservatory and the rich, choking fragrance of exotic plants took us by the throat. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Nor Our Johnny, he scarce know'd either, for sometimes when the mangle lumbers he says, “Me choking, Granny! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Then, choking again, Thank you! 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- This cabinet dazzled me, it was so full of light: it deafened me, it was clamorous with voices: it stifled me, it was so hot, choking, thronged. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Margaret had a strange choking at her heart, which made her unable to answer. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Emanuel a hard look of triumph, and hearing the distressed tremor of my own voice, out I burst in a fit of choking tears. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- She heard the deep voice shouting again and she turned from the saddle and shouted, choking, Yes! 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- She had hardly given way to the first choking sob, when she became aware of Dixon standing at her drawers, and evidently searching for something. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Chokings and nervous jerkings, however, are nothing new to me when I think with anxiety of those I love. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
手打:托马斯