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choco-hol-ic (also choca-hol-ic) /.tJnka'hDlik; NAmE
,tja:ka'ha:lik; -'hoilik/ noun (informal) a person who likes
chocolate very much and eats a lot of it Pfrit^mAf Eft A chocolate /'tjuklat; NAmE'tja:k-/
noun 1 [U] a hard brown sweet food made from cocoa beans, used in cooking to add
flavour to cakes, etc. or eaten as a sweet/candy 15 Aj ; A A ti; a bar/piece of chocolate / -fAT/AA 0 a chocolate cake 0
a chocolate factory ZfMJjfflj&Tr' — isee also milk chocolate, plain chocolate 2 [c]
a sweet/candy that is made of or covered with chocolate J^J&Alfllh A
#t: a box of chocolates — 15 A IS 3 [b, C] (BrE)
. = hot chocolate : a mug of drinking chocolate — If Pj ft A fA H — compare
'chocolate-box adj. [only before noun] (BrE) (especially of places jtfgi& jj)
very pretty, but in a way that does not seem real
a chocolate-box village ^tfH#f£fi$nftlftl!i£ SYNONYMS choice
favourite ♦ preference ♦ selection • pick
These are all words for a
person or thing that is chosen, or that is tiked more than others.
choice a person or thing that is chosen Ih ft (ftft : She’s the obvious choice for the job. M Ji;
favourite/favorite a person or thing that you like more than the others
of the same type |g ft ll#XA(ft -f-:
Which one’s your favourite? foMi
preference a thing that is liked
better or best
:
Tastes and preferences vary from
individual to individual. A (ft H
ft & 7 10 fal „
FAVOURITE OR PREFERENCE? $ favourite
&& 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 HfftsJt#
m&mW; preference
J&fcfrUAfcfMMt
selection a number of people or things that have been chosen
from a larger group fffM.MlftffiMf'i&ft A (ft ffl AiA#!!: A selection of reader’s comments are published below. F Miifr 7 i&0
pick (rather informal,
especially NAmE) a person or thing
that is chosen -fftikft (ft A : She was his pick for best actress. fteflMA AilM AMMo
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
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sb’s
choice/favourite/preference/pick for sth
■
sb’s
choice/selection/pick as sth
h an obvious choice/favourite/selection
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a(n) excellent/good/popular/fine
choice/selection
choice CHw /tjois/ noun, adj.
mnoun 1 [C] - (between A and B) an act of choosing
between two or more possibilities; something that you can choose MS;; fA#: women
forced to make a choice between family and career M ill 71?$Jftj 7 \J]/ A ft! fF ‘HfA IT
(ft k o We are faced with a difficult choice. fltfl7ffil[&lf
@^(ftfAf7o O We aim to help students make more informed career choices.
f£f|] if fl
7
fi?t IR
open to you. ffp7fi
A (ftSf7ft£it!lo o note at option
2 [U, sing] the right to choose or
the possibility of choosing SI7fX; S # (ft If IE'ift: If I had the
choice,
I would stop working tomorrow. A
m?lhl o 0 He had no choice but
to leave (= this was the only thing he could do). [^ f ^ A, #, $l] A '& #0 o She’s
going to do it. She doesn’t have much choice, really, does she? M&lft&7£AS
#
(ft A itll 7, 7
o This
colour wasn’t my first
choice. (ft If'$7 0
She wouldn’t be my choice as manager. $7z^Sft ftfefAfc £7
M o 4 [sing., U] the
number or range of different things from which to choose f7SI7(ft
bo#; 7 S Eft?£ p]: The menu has a good choice of desserts. MQ f:7 £ #Stt#Iff&SIA 0 There wasn’t much
choice of colour.
liA S if fft M fe 7 £ * — see
also Hobson’s choice, multiple-choice
IT>TYn by 'choice because you have
chosen ttj A g S (ft 3&I7: I wouldn’t go there by choice. ih?ic$s#, of 'choice (for
sb/sth) (used
after a noun M T# iiA£f)
that is chosen by a particular group of people or for a particular purpose ; #
jgfefft: It’s the software
of choice for business use. j&JUjti of your 'choice that you choose
yourself )
W: First prize will be a meal for
two at the restaurant of
your choice. JI-'iMA
IE^, o — more at pay v. , spoilt
■ adj. (choicer, choicest) [only before noun] 1 (especially of food
Alt t'#?) of very good quality ffc® ; ±-^lft; ffc j&fft 2 (NAmE) (of
meat ^|) of very good, but not the highest, quality ( )jlr1| ) rf>±£$(ft 3~
words/phrases carefully chosen words or phrases -F S4 tj @5 7j; If M W- $ : She summed up the situation in a few
choice
phrases. 7If 'R 0 <> (humorous)
He used
some pretty choice (= rude or
offensive) language, fit, ft
choir /'kwaia(r)/ noun 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of people who sing together, for
example in church services or public performances ( I £ ^ 7j ) ^ i# Jf if ft
ffcflilA:
She sings in the school choir, ftkjd PA W M o 2 [C] the part of a church where the choir sits
during services ( |Sci: ) choirboy /'kwaiaboi; NAmE 'kwaierbai/, choir-girl /'kwaiag3:l; NAmE 'kwaiarg3:rl/ noun a boy or girl who
sings in the choir of a church Pg i# M ft ;i; ( sA ic S:;)
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see also chorister
choir-mas-ter /'kwaiama:sta(r); NAmE 'kwaiarmaestar/ noun a person who trains a choir to sing Pgi^pjliltlf;
choke /tjauk; NAmE tjook/ 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 ( (A ) SS, PI Pi: [V]
He was choking on a piece of toast, ffjftA1^' 0 She
almost choked to death in the thick fumes, fife TL 7* M 'IS Pfe IE 0
<> [VN] Very small toys can choke a baby. 2 [VN]
to make sb stop
breathing by squeezing their throat ( fgfA« )/f£f?ltPm
film Boa
strangle. He may have been
choked or poisoned.
TE (ft ,o 3 - (with sth) to
be unable to speak normally especially because of strong emotion; to make sb
feel too emotional to speak normally ( z^zft
iTn )
7
ft iAA, flPMB@: [V] His voice was
choking with rage. flAffft itPIP0O O
[VN] Despair choked her words, iIf#iil7ft i$Ao 0 ‘I can’t bear
it,’ he said in a choked voice. “?ic££m7T*70 ” fikrttil„
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see also choked 4 [VN] - sth (up) (with sth) to
block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult®^, Hfi, ffn
( it it, $|H]# ) : The pond was choked with rotten leaves, fife if M M A- nf -7 Ii7o 0 The roads are choked up with traffic.
5 [V] (NAmE,
informal) to fail at sth, for
evample because you are nervous ( AM,
AAfTft
l-Jil;kvi .choke sth^'back to try hard to prevent
your feelings from showing ®mfi; W M; A rAI: to choke back tears/anger/sobs U (f ® (0 / / Afi .choke