/tʃəʊk ||; tʃok/verb1 [I,T] choke (on sth) to be or to make sb unable to breathe because sth is stopping air getting into the lungs （使）窒息: She was choking on a fish bone. 她的喉咙给一根鱼骨哽住了。The smoke choked us. 浓烟呛人。 ☞Look at strangle. 参看strangle。
2 [T] (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) choke sth (up) (with sth) to fill a passage, space, etc, so that nothing can pass through 堵塞；阻塞: The roads to the coast were choked with traffic. 通往海边的几条路挤满了车辆。
choke sth back to hide or control a strong emotion 按捺住强烈的感情:
to choke back tears/anger 强忍住眼泪╱怒火