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choke hold

/chohk-hohld/US // ˈtʃoʊkˌhoʊld //

扼制,掐架,掐死,扼杀

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind: The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.
    • : a stifling grip; stranglehold: a company that once had a chokehold over the PC market.

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Examples

  • Blacks would hold about 13 percent of the seats and Latinos 17 percent.

  • Tomorrow they should hold placards of the cartoons Charlie Hebdo had printed.

  • Yeah, the “Giant man-puppy” that is Gronkowski won't hold a sexual candle to the blue-eyed dreamboat.

  • But how much they have regained or how durable their hold is remains unclear.

  • But that would now have to be put on hold because he had been shot in the Bronx.

  • Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

  • He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.

  • One adorable smile she gave him, and before he could advance to hold the door for her, she had opened it and passed out.

  • Not being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.

  • He was well set in the form of a man now, the months since his imprisonment having brought him much to fasten upon and hold.