Choking
['tʃəʊkɪŋ] or ['tʃokɪŋ]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:梅齐
例句/造句/用法:
- I went down to him, choking for breath, with my heart leaping as if it was like to leap out of me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- After giving a great heave, and with a purple choking face, he then began. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And, with streaming eyes and choking voice, the black man looked up to heaven. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Oh oh oh oh, then choking, Mama mama mia. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- I felt that I was choking again--I taxed myself with it, Esther, now, you know you are! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Now she laughed--a little choking gurgle of a laugh; but it was enough. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The thick, warm air of the conservatory and the rich, choking fragrance of exotic plants took us by the throat. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Nor Our Johnny, he scarce know'd either, for sometimes when the mangle lumbers he says, “Me choking, Granny! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Then, choking again, Thank you! 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- 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. 維萊特.
- Margaret had a strange choking at her heart, which made her unable to answer. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- 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. 維萊特.
- She heard the deep voice shouting again and she turned from the saddle and shouted, choking, Yes! 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- 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. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Chokings and nervous jerkings, however, are nothing new to me when I think with anxiety of those I love. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
手打:托马斯