双语例句
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So, as a sitting wore on, they were more likely to take the easy option-in this instance returning the prisoner to chokey.
所以,随着开庭时间一分一秒的过去,他们很容易做出一个简单的选择—马上送犯人押回拘留所。
近义词
n.
prisonjailhoosegowcalaboose
同根词
词根 choke
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choking
adj. 令人窒息的;透不过气来的 v. 阻塞;使…窒息;抑制(choke的ing形式)
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choked
adj. 堵塞的;生气的,恼怒的 v. 使窒息(choke的过去式)
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choky
adj. 透不过气来的;窒息的 n. 拘留所;监狱
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choke
n. 窒息;噎;[动力] 阻气门 vi. 窒息;阻塞;说不出话来 vt. 呛;使窒息;阻塞;抑制;扑灭
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choker
n. 宽领带;窒息物;短项炼;被窒息的人
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chokedamp
n. 矿坑或深井内令人窒息的瓦斯
释义
n.
Brit. informal, dated prison
〈英, 非正式,旧〉 监狱。
[mass noun]imprisonment
关押,监禁
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three months' chokey.
三个月监禁。
词源
"early 17th cent. (in the Hindi sense): Anglo-Indian, from Hindi caukī ‘customs or toll house, police station'; influenced by CHOKE1."