choking

名词 choking:

1. a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
2. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
   同义词：strangling, strangulation, throttling

动词 choke:

1. breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion
   同义词：choke
2. be too tight; rub or press
   同义词：choke, gag, fret
3. wring the neck of
   同义词：choke, scrag
4. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
   同义词：choke, strangle
5. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
   同义词：gag, choke, strangle, suffocate
6. fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation
   同义词：choke
7. check or slow down the action or effect of
   同义词：choke
8. become or cause to become obstructed
   同义词：clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
9. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
   同义词：suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke
10. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
    同义词：suffocate, choke
11. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
    同义词：suffocate, choke
12. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    同义词：die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
13. reduce the air supply
    同义词：choke, throttle
14. cause to retch or choke
    同义词：gag, choke

1. Ida was choking with the dry air.
   空气干燥，艾达感到喘不过气来。
2. She was choking with emotion.
   她激动得说不出话来。
3. The hall was filled with choking clouds of smoke.
   大厅里充满了使人透不过气来的烟雾
4. The act or an instance of gagging or choking.
   哽喉，呛到阻塞或窒息的行为或事例

chok.ing

adj.（形容词）
Causing a feeling of being choked or suffocated:
使…觉得呛住或窒息：
例句：
The hall was filled with choking clouds of smoke.
大厅里充满了使人透不过气来的烟雾

Having a strained or husky sound:
声音哽咽或沙哑的：
例句：
spoke in a choking voice.
用沙哑的声音说话

【引伸】
chok.ingly
adv.（副词）