chokehold

chokehold读音音标

英[\\\'tʃəʊkˌhəʊld]

美[\\\'tʃoʊkˌhoʊld]

基本意思释义

n.掐脖子; 压制

短语及实用例句

The president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public.

总统制止了这次给公众带来不便的劳资纠纷.

英英释义

Noun

1. complete power over a person or situation;

\"corporations have a strangelhold on the media\"

\"the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public\"

2. a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind;

\"he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled\"