gag

名词 gag:

1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
   同义词：joke, laugh, jest, jape
2. restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
   同义词：muzzle

动词 gag:

1. prevent from speaking out
   同义词：muzzle
2. be too tight; rub or press
   同义词：choke, fret
3. tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
   同义词：muzzle
4. make jokes or quips
   同义词：quip
5. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
   同义词：choke, strangle, suffocate
6. cause to retch or choke
   同义词：choke
7. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
   同义词：heave, retch

1. The burglars bound him hand and foot and placed a gag in his mouth.
   夜盗们捆住了他的手脚，并用东西塞住他的嘴。
2. The new censorship laws is an attempt to gag the press.
   新的新闻审查法目的在于剥夺新闻界的言论自由。
3. The new censorship laws are an attempt to gag the press.
   新的新闻审查法目的在於剥夺新闻界的言论自由。

gag

n.（名词）
Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.
塞口物，口衔：强塞进嘴里或压在嘴上防止出声的东西
An obstacle to or a censoring of free speech.
言论限制：对言论自由的审查或言论自由的障碍
A device placed in the mouth to keep it open, as in dentistry.
张口器：如牙科中放在嘴里使嘴张开的装置

A practical joke.
恶作剧
A comic effect or remark.See Synonyms at joke
噱头：滑稽的效果或言谈参见 joke
The act or an instance of gagging or choking.
哽喉，呛到：阻塞或窒息的行为或事例
v.（动词）
gagged,gag.ging,gags
v.tr.（及物动词）
To prevent from speaking or crying out by using a gag.
堵住嘴：塞住嘴以防说活或喊叫
To stop or restrain from exercising free speech:
抑制言论自由：
例句：
censorship laws aimed at gagging the press.
意在抑制新闻自由的新闻检查法

To cause to choke, retch, or undergo a regurgitative spasm.
使窒息，作呕：使窒息、作呕或经受反胃的发作
To keep (the mouth) open by using a gag.
用张口器将嘴张开
To block off or obstruct (a pipe or valve, for example).
阻塞（如管道或阀门）
v.intr.（不及物动词）

To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.
作呕：如喉咙中产生作呕感等对食物或烟味强烈反感或对使用物品的本能反应
To retch or choke.
窒息，作呕
To make jokes or quips.
开玩笑，说俏皮话

来源：
From Middle English gaggen [to suffocate]
源自 中古英语 gaggen [使窒息]
[perhaps of imitative origin]
[可能源于模仿]