choco-hol-ic (also choca-hol-ic) /.tJ'Dka'hDlik; NAmE .tjaika'hailik;
-'hoilik/ noun (informal) a person who likes
ciiocolate very much and eats a lot of it 嗜食巧克力的人 chocolate /'tjDklet; NAmE'tSa±-l noun 1 [U] a hard brovm
sweet food made from cocoa beans,
used in cooking to add flavour to cakes, etc. or eaten as a sweet/candy ■巧克.力；朱古力;.a
bar/pfece
o/choc- ofate —条/ 一块巧克力a chocoZate cafce巧克力.蛋糕◊ a
cftoco/ate/actory 巧克力制造厂一see also milk
chocolate, plain chocolate 2 [C]. a.
sweet/candy that is made of or covered with chocolate 巧克力糖；夹心.巧克
力糖：a box 〇/ chocototes: — 盒巧克 i
糖 3 [y, C](阶£) =hot chocolate ： a mug of drinking chocolate - *|f 巧克力饮料,一compare cocoa 4 [u] a dark brown colour深“色；巧克力色
'chocolate-box
adj. [only before noun]
(6r£) (especially of places 尤指地方),very pretty, but in
a way that does not seem real如糖罐上描绘的；华丽但不真实的丨花里胡哨
的：a chocoZate-bojeviHage装饰得花里胡哨的村庄
SYNONYMS罔义词辨析
choice
favourite ♦ preference ♦ selection ♦ pick
These
are all words for a person or thing that is chosen, or that is fi.ked more than
others,奴_£.各翻均） 指选中或特别喜爱的人或事物。
choice a person or thing
that, is chosen 指入选者、选. 中的东西：She’s the obvious
choice for the job. ▲熹
这个职位当然的人谆。
favourite/favorite a person or thing that
you like more; than the others of the same type..指同类人或事
物中最喜欢的-个：VV^/V:斤one’syowr/flvowr/fe?备i
喜欢哪-个？
preference a thing that is liked
better or best 指偏爱.
_惑最熹孝的事物：rentes vary /ram
//id/v/dt/fl/
to 人的爱好相选择各不相同。
FAVOURITE OR PREFERENCE?用 favourite
还是 preference ?
Your
favourites are the things you
like best, and that you have, do, listen to, etc. often; your preferences are the things that
you would rather have or do if you can choose, ^favourite指最喜欢因而常有、常做或常
听等的事物；preference指在可以选择的情况下会较喜
欢有或做的事物。
selection a number of people or
things that have 'been _ch<Keh fronra 'larger group 指从大的.群中选出 来的一组发或物：■ A .sdecf/on. .〇/ /coder’s .romm.ents are
F面选登了部分读者评论。
pick (rather informal,
esfyecially NAniE) a person or thing tha.t’is. cho'sen喻蠢中的人或物：S'he.
was his p/dc/orbesf tfcfress. M是他i(为最好的女演员。
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
■
sb's choice/favourite/preference/pick for sth ■''Kb’s dioite/selectiorr/pick as sth
■
an obvious choice^avour—ite/selection
■
a(n) excellent/good/popular/fine choice/selection
choice /tjois/ noun, adj.
m noun 1 [C].〜(between A and B) .an. act of\choosing
between two or more possibilities; something that you can choose 选择；挑逸；疾棒：women forced to make a
choi’ce
betweenjfami‘fy and Career被迫在家庭和事业之间
■■怍■'出挟择的赴女◊_ Wie
dr^/acecTiWt/i a d职cu〖t choice. 我们面丨也着困难的抉择。◊ iVe aim to hdp students
make more时ormed career choices.我们旨在輪助学生作出更
有依据的职业抉释。：◊ TTiere is a
wide range 〇/choices
open to you•你*彳i大'的选择余地 D o note at option 2 [U, sing.]： the right to choose or the
possibility of choosing 土 择权；选择的可能性：If I had the choice,
J
would stop.vvorfcing tomorrow.如果让我选择我明无
就停止工作。◊ He had no
choice but to teave .(= this was the only thing he
could do).除 T■离去，他别.无选
择。◊ She’s going to do 红• She .doesn’t Ziave
much choice, reaHy, does she?她要做那#事了。，她真的没有多少选
.#
的条地了.，，不鸯吗？ ◊
rhis government is committed to extending parentaZ
choice m education.本周政府1 承诺 扩关雙每在邊育方面的选择权。3 [C] a person or
thing that is chosen 入选者；被选中的东西：She’s fhe obvious choice/or t/ie job•她是这个职位巖合jk的人选。〇只(3冰(311' remains a popular choice for winter
vacation travel.
夷一直是深受人们青睐的冬季假日旅游胜地。◊ This cdZour wasn’t my
/iirst choice.这种颜色并非我的首选。◊ She wouZdn’t
be my choice 〇5 manager.我不会选中她做
经..理.。4. [sing., tl] the number or range of different things from which to. choose f选择的品种；可选的范
撰：77ie menu has a good choice 〇/ desserts.菜单上有多
种甜食可供选择。TViere wasn’t much c/ioice o/co〖our.
供邊 _ 妇 M.色不多。— see .also. Hqbson’s choice, multiple-choice ITiTini by 'choice because you have
chosen 出于自己的选择：J wouldn’t go there by
choice.
:选择，我$会去那里。orchoice (br sb/sth) (used afteir a noun 財于名询后)'that is chosen by a
particular group of people or for a particular purpose 精选的；特 选的：.Jf’s thesq/itware
o/chofce/or busfn咖 use.这是商
务4角软件。of your ’choice that you choose
yourself 畜 (或选金）的：First prize wiH be a
meai ,or
two at the restaurant
o/your choice.头等奖是一•顿两人
正餐，餐馆任选。一more at pay V.，spoilt ■ adj. (choicer, choicest) [only before noun] 1
(especially of food尤指食如）of very good quality优齒的；上等的；优
:选..的 2 (AMw£) (of meat 肉）of very good, but not
the highest, quality (质量）羊、上级的 3
〜words/phrases carefully chosen words
or phrase?:字斜句酌的；仔细推
.敲过的：She summed up the
situation in a /ew choice phrases•她字辩句酌地总Mp清况。◊ (Wworows) He
used some pretty choice (= rude or offensive) kmguage.他出
言不逊。
choir /'kwaia(r)/ noun 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people who sing together,
for example in church services or public performances (教堂病）白昌诗班；丄公开演出
的）.:各喝团，歌唱队：She sir^s ih the choir. M3S 校奋唱队 &
成i 员。2 [C]
the part of a church where the choir sits during services (‘堂）唱经楼，唱诗席
choirboy
./_kwaiaboy 'kwaiarbai/， choir-girl
/'kwai0g3：l; NAmE 'kwai0rg3：rl/ noun a boy or girl who
sings: in the chpir of a church唱诗班的男童（或女童D —see also chorister
choir-mas-ter /'kwaiama:sta(r); NAmE 'kwaiarmaestar/ /lown a person who trains a choir to sing 唱诗班指挥；
合唱团指挥
choke /tjauk; NAmE tX〇〇k/ verb, noun m verb 1 ~ (on sth) to be
unable to breathe because the passage to your lungs is blocked or you cannot
get enough air;, to make sb unable to breathe (使）室息，
哽噎：：[V] jfe was cho/dng on a
piece 〇/ toast•祕被一块烤
面包—得透不过气来。◊ She aZmost
chofced to death in the thic/c作叩益..▲几乎被浓烟呛死。.，◊. [VN] Ve/y toys can cho^e a baby.很小尚玩具可使婴儿窒息。2 [VN] to make sb stop
breathing by squeezing their throat (掐住喉咙丨’使停止呼吸，使窒息HEI STRANGLE: He may have
been chofced or poisoned.他可能是裤梅死或毒
..死 i勺,〇 3 〜（with sth) to be unable
to speak normally especially because of strong emotion; to make sb feel too
emotional to speak normally (尤指感情激动而、丨:说
不出话来，使哽咽：M His voice vv〇5 choking with rage.
气得$ 音哽咽。◊ [VN]
Despair chofced her words•她绝
望得 i全木出 H舌来。◊ ‘J can’t bear
ft,’7ie saidfn a chofced voice. “我实在忍不下去了。”他声音哽咽地说道。
—see
also choked 4 [VN]〜sth (up) (with sth) to block or fill a
passage, space, etc. so that movement is diffi- cult阻塞，塞满，_塞（通道、空丨旬等）：The pond was chofced with rotterUeav打.池塘被腐烂的叶子塞满了。、'◊ 77ie roads
are diofced up with tra仿c•几▲乌路都泰—车。
5 [V] {NAmEy informal) to fail at sth, for
example because you are nervous (因紧张等而）矣败，；失灵，，失去作用
.choke
sth^'back to
try hard to prevent your feelings, from showing 强忍住；抑制；克 :
to choke bade tears/anger/sobs 强忍住眼泪./ 愤怒 /
哭泣choke