| Wichtigste Übersetzungen |
| choke⇒ vi | (have airway blocked) | sich verschlucken Vr |
| | (mit Todesfolge) | ersticken Vi |
| | Someone help that man, he's choking! |
| | Kann ihm jemand helfen? Er hat sich verschluckt. |
| choke on [sth] vi + prep | (have airway blocked by food) | sich an etwas verschlucken Präp + Vr |
| | | an etwas ersticken Präp + Vi |
| | Karen was choking on a hot dog. |
| | Karen hat sich an dem Hot Dog verschluckt. |
| choke [sb]⇒ vtr | (constrict [sb]'s breath) | [jmd] erwürgen Vt |
| | | [jmd] erdrosseln Vt |
| | The murderer killed his victim by choking her. |
| | Der Mörder hat sein Opfer erwürgt. |
| choke [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (stop flow) | abwürgen Vt, sepa |
| | | drosseln Vt |
| | The blockade has choked the supply of fuel and food to the area. |
| choke n | (carburettor air control) (Auto) | Starterklappe Nf |
| | (Auto) | Drosselventil Nn |
| | Milly pulled out the choke and tried to start the engine again. |
| | Milly nahm das Drosselventil ab und versuchte, den Motor nochmal zu starten. |
| Zusätzliche Übersetzungen |
| choke⇒ vi | figurative, slang (fail to act) (Slang, vulgär) | verkacken Vi |
| | | versagen Vi |
| | When it was Jimmy's turn in the spelling bee, he choked. |
| choke [sth]⇒ vtr | (enrich fuel mixture) | anreichern Vt, sepa |
| choke [sth] vtr | US (sports: grip higher up) (Sport) | Würgegriff ansetzen Nm + Vt, sepa |
| | Choke the bat a little more. |
| choke [sth] vtr | (stop growth or movement) | etwas unterbrechen Vt, fix |
| | | etwas verhindern Vt |
| | | etwas stören Vt |
| | The fallen tree is choking the flow of traffic. |
Partikelverben
choke | choked |
choke [sth] back,
choke back [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (suppress: emotion, words) | zurückhalten Vt, sepa |
| | | unterdrücken Vt, fix |
| | Helen choked back a sob as she said goodbye to her colleagues. |
choke [sth] down,
choke down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (eat with difficulty) | herunterwürgen Vt, sepa |
| | | sich zwingen müssen [etw] zu essen Rdw |
choke [sth] down,
choke down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (suppress: words, feelings) (informell) | runterschlucken Vt, sepa |
| | | unterdrücken Vt, fix |
choke [sth] off,
choke off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative (restrict [sth] severely) | abwürgen Vt, sepa |
| | | im Keim ersticken Rdw |
| | | ein Ende machen Rdw |
| | We believe that the government's economic policy has choked off the recovery. |
| choke on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (have stuck in one's throat) | sich an [etw] verschlucken VP |
| | The old man choked on his food and almost turned blue before the waiter arrived to help him. |
| choke on [sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (be unable to say) | [etw] nicht herauskriegen Präp + Vt |
| | He didn't want to mess up the marriage proposal but was afraid that he'd choke on the words when the time came. |
| choke up vi phrasal | (be emotional, unable to speak) | so gerührt sein, dass man nicht mehr sprechen kann Rdw |
| | | aufgrund von Emotionen nicht mehr sprechen können Rdw |
| | Barry choked up while thanking his colleagues for their retirement gift. |