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窒息,阻塞,噎,抑制窒息,阻塞,噎窒息,噎,阻氣門

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Choke \Choke\, v. i.
   1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the
      throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe;
      to be strangled.

   2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

            The words choked in his throat.       --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

Choke \Choke\, n.
   1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the
      feeling of strangulation.

   2. (Gun.)
      (a) The tied end of a cartridge.
      (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a
          rocket, etc.

Choke \Choke\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Choking}.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. [=a]ceocian to
   suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]
   1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or
      squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to
      strangle.

            With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to
      block up. --Addison.

   3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.;
      to stifle.

            Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. --Dryden.

   4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or
      strong feeling. ``I was choked at this word.'' --Swift.

   5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the
      barrel of a shotgun.

   {To choke off}, to stop a person in the execution of a
      purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.

資料來源 : WordNet®

choke
     n 1: a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in
          electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate
          alternating current [syn: {choke coil}, {choking coil}]
     2: a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of
        a gasoline engine

choke
     v 1: breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong
          emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about
          her deceased husband"
     2: be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the
        cat" [syn: {gag}, {fret}]
     3: wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent" [syn: {scrag}]
     4: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: {strangle}]
     5: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
        swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: {gag}, {strangle},
        {suffocate}]
     6: fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation; "The
        team should have won hands down but choked, disappointing
        the coach and the audience"
     7: check or slow down the action or effect of; "She choked her
        anger"
     8: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
        drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn: {clog},
         {choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest}, {foul}]
        [ant: {unclog}]
     9: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
        "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: {suffocate},
         {stifle}, {asphyxiate}]
     10: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is
         suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the
         small village" [syn: {suffocate}]
     11: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
         "His job suffocated him" [syn: {suffocate}]
     12: die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket" [syn: {kick the
         bucket}, {cash in one's chips}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {give-up
         the ghost}, {drop dead}, {pop off}, {croak}, {snuff it}]
     13: reduce the air supply; "choke a carburetor" [syn: {throttle}]
     14: cause to retch or choke [syn: {gag}]

資料來源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

choke
     
        1. To reject input, often ungracefully.  "NULs make System V's
        "lpr(1)" choke."  "I tried building an {Emacs} binary to use
        {X}, but "cpp(1)" choked on all those "#define"s."  See
        {barf}, {gag}.
     
        2. [MIT] More generally, to fail at any endeavor, but with
        some flair or bravado; the popular definition is "to snatch
        defeat from the jaws of victory."
     
        [{Jargon File}]