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CHOKE
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Traducere în limba română
choke1 I. verb A. tranzitiv
1. a înăbuşi; a sugruma, a gâtui, a strangula; a sufoca, a asfixia;
(prov.) too mach pudding may choke a dog (tot) ce e prea mult strică.
2. (tehn.) a strangula; a amortiza.
3. a umple, a înfunda, a murdări, a prăfui.
4. to choke back vezi to choke down (b);
to choke down a) a înghiţi cu greu (hrană); b) a-şi înăbuşi cu greu (lacrimile, tulburarea etc.); to choke in v. to choke down (b);
to choke off a) v. choke I, A, 1; b) (fig.) a închide gura (cuiva), a reduce la tăcere; c) (fig.) a îndepărta, a înlătura, a scăpa de; to choke out vezi to choke down (b);
to choke up a) (despre bălării) a umple, a năpădi; a umple cu nisip; b) a îndigui; a îngrămădi.
choke1 I. verb B. intranzitiv
1. a se îneca (din cauza tusei); a se înăbuşi, a nu (mai) putea respira (de tulburare, supărare etc.);
(amer. fam.) to choke in a-şi pune lacăt la gură, a-şi ţine limba în gură;
(amer.) to choke up v. to choke down.
choke1 II. substantiv
1. înăbuşire; nod în gât.
2. (sl.) pâine de închisoare.
3. (tehn.) supapă; regulator; drosel; (auto) şoc; clapetă de pornire; jiclov.
4. (electr.) bobină de reactanţă.
5. capătul legat al unui sac.
6. (sl.) cravată albă (de frac); ştaif, guler tare, guler drept, cu colţuri.
choke2 substantiv
(bot.) vârf de anghinară.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
Even when Peggotty was in the act of drinking, he was seized with one of those approaches, and almost choked her.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
See, I have cried even when the laugh did choke me.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
“You would dare!” repeated the lady in a choking voice.
(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Suddenly, from the cabin came a great, choking bellow, followed by all the sounds of a furious struggle.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
He missed her, however, and she came walking in with a very queer expression of countenance, for there was a mixture of fun and fear, satisfaction and regret in it, which puzzled the family as much as did the roll of bills she laid before her mother, saying with a little choke in her voice, That's my contribution toward making Father comfortable and bringing him home!
(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)
And when she got there, and saw that it was no other than Snowdrop, who, as she thought, had been dead a long while, she choked with rage, and fell down and died: but Snowdrop and the prince lived and reigned happily over that land many, many years; and sometimes they went up into the mountains, and paid a visit to the little dwarfs, who had been so kind to Snowdrop in her time of need.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
The hands had not sufficient strength to choke the wolf, but the face of the man was pressed close to the throat of the wolf and the mouth of the man was full of hair.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)
To improve it, we all distinctly heard Jip give two short barks, and receive another choke.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
I could hardly speak; my heart was so full that even those words seemed to choke me.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
The tears rose in his eyes, and there was a momentary choking in his throat; he said quite calmly:—"Little girl, you will never regret that true-hearted kindness, so long as ever you live!"
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
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