choky的意思|choky的解释-里氏词典

choky ['tʃәuki]

a. 窒息的, 透不过气来的

n. 拘留所, 监狱

In the gloomy and simple apartments with choky smokes, you can taste the real flavor of life.
在阴暗、陋的筒子楼里，在呛人的油烟气味中，令人饱尝了生活的真实滋味。
They shook hands in the choky little trailer office in front of a table littered with scribbled papers, a Bakelite ashtray brimming with stubs.
在一个小得令人窒息的活动拖车办公室里，他们站在一张铺满草稿纸的桌子前握了握手，桌上还搁着一只塞满烟头的树胶烟灰缸。

choky

[ noun ]

British slang (dated) for a prison

<noun.artifact>

[ adj ]

so tight as to tend to choke

<adj.all>

a choky collar

Choky \Chok"y\ Chokey \Chok"ey\, a.
1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to
suffocate.

2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong
emotion. ``A deep and choky voice.'' --Aytoun.

The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather
chokey. --T. Hughes.

Choky \Cho"ky\, n. [From Hind. chauki watching, guard.]
1. A station, as for collection of customs, for palanquin
bearers, police, etc. [India]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. Specif., a prison or lockup; a jail. [India, or Slang,
Eng.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||

But some coastal residents are so sensitive to it that they get "choky" from the tiny amounts misted off waves, says Richard Pierce, research director at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Fla.

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