(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
双语例句
I went down to him, choking for breath, with my heart leaping as if it was like to leap out of me. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
After giving a great heave, and with a purple choking face, he then began. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
And, with streaming eyes and choking voice, the black man looked up to heaven. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Oh oh oh oh, then choking, Mama mama mia. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
I felt that I was choking again--I taxed myself with it, Esther, now, you know you are! 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
Now she laughed--a little choking gurgle of a laugh; but it was enough. 埃德加·赖斯·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. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星战神.
The thick, warm air of the conservatory and the rich, choking fragrance of exotic plants took us by the throat. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
Nor Our Johnny, he scarce know'd either, for sometimes when the mangle lumbers he says, “Me choking, Granny! 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Then, choking again, Thank you! 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
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.维莱特.
Margaret had a strange choking at her heart, which made her unable to answer. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
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.维莱特.
She heard the deep voice shouting again and she turned from the saddle and shouted, choking, Yes! 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
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. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
Chokings and nervous jerkings, however, are nothing new to me when I think with anxiety of those I love. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.