sth«-'down to swallow sth with
difficulty ; ij;# choke sth~'off 1 to prevent or limit
sth (50.it; rfrjih; Pi rff'J: High prices have choked off demand. MM ffl
^TSI „ 2 to interrupt sth; to stop sth fj ; #
it; ^ it: Her screams were suddenly choked off. M
.choke 'out | choke out sth to say sth with great
difficulty because you feel a strong emotion ( PgngjMib^*:
He choked out a reply, ffe BJS If
® ^ 0 0 [+ speech]
‘I hate you!’she choked out. “ffctUfft!
” MRjPHIBftiio .choke up {NAmE) to find it difficult
to speak, because of the strong emotion that you are feeling (
0 lit f# if; if] M ) Djg Pg ; She
choked up when she began to talk about her mother. M ff fk ® ^ HM
ng # 7
it} i£Ao’
■
noun 1 a device that
controls the amount of air flowing into the engine of a vehicle ( ) ffiMH,
m.mn 2 an act or the sound of choking JgJi;
BjgPt:
choked /tjaukt; NAmE tjoukt/ adj. [not
before noun] ~ up (about sth) (BrE also) ~ (about sth) (informal)
upset or angry about sth, so that you find it difficult to speak
£% ( MtlMfiiiSA )
choker /'tjaoka^); NAmE 'tjou-/ noun
a piece of jewellery or narrow band of cloth worn closely around the
neckJ^Jftli;
chola /'tjaola; NAmE 'tjoula/ noun
(from Spanish) a woman from
cholera /'kDlara; NAmE 'kail-/ noun
[U] a disease caught from infected water that causes severe diarrhoea and vomiting and often causes death
chol er ic /'knlarik; NAmE ‘kail-/ adj.
(formal) easily made angry M&tf); 03U bad-
tempered
chol esterol /ka'lestarnl; NAmE -ro:l/ noun
[U] a substance found in blood, fat and most tissues of the body. Too much cholesterol can cause heart
disease.
mmm
cholo /'tjaulau; NAmE 'tjoolou/ noun
(pi. -os)
a
person from
chomp /tjDmp; NAmE tjaimp; tjoimp/ verb
~ (on/ through sth) to eat or bite food noisily AT* ( ~$L , RB Hi ty) ) H771 MUNCH : [VN] He chomped his
way through two hot dogs, f&fff 7M
$J0 o [V] She was chomping away on a bagel. MiMt-'Nfffi&ISo
choo-choo /'tjuitju:/ noun (pi. choo-choos) a child’s word for a
train ( JLilf ) A7
chook /tjuk/ noun (AustralE, NZE, informal)
1 a chicken ^ 2 an
offensive word for an older woman ( BAB
;t)
choose /tjuiz/ verb (chose /tjaoz; NAmE
tjouz/,
chosen /'tjauzn; NAmE
'tjouzn/)
1 ~ (between A and/or B) | ~ (A) (from B) | ~ sb/sth
as
sth to decide which thing or person you want
out of the ones that are available $5 # ; M B ; B : [V] You
choose, I can’t decide. $c^7£±l!L 0 There
are plenty of restaurants
to choose from,
BI£o
0 She
had to choose between giving up her job or hiring a
nanny.
'&Wo 0 [VN] Sarah chose
her words carefully. il'K0 o We have
to choose a new manager from a shortlist of five candidates.
BATBtti 0 This
site has been chosen for
the new school. ftjMtho o He
chose banking as a career. fttiBTIStT4k}??Riko 0
We chose Paul Stubbs as/for chairperson,
DP±0o o [V wh-] You’ll
have to choose whether to buy it or not. „
0 [V to inf] We
chose to go by train. ^fT]B#^A7Ao
o [VN to inf] We chose Paul Stubbs to be chairperson.
IBf£I^ •
DJ
^ ±1^ o 2 to prefer or decide to do sth 7 IS; 'If IS; AS; [V] Employees can
retire at 60 if they choose.
nj&60^iifa* O [V to
inf] Many
people choose not to marry. iS =£ A t# IS 7 „ — see
also choice n. fT*T71 there is nothing/not much/little to choose between A and B there is very little difference between two or more
things or people 7DS±T; +Bit?cJl — more at pick v.
synonyms mxnmf choose
select ♦ pick ♦ opt ♦ go for ♦
single out
These words all mean to decide
which thing or person you want out of the ones that are available.
mmn. vmAj&wzXo
choose to decide which thing or person you want out of the
ones that are available B#, B®Ab1$?7:
You choose—I can’t decide. E,
Mo
select [often passive] to choose sb/sth, usually carefully, from a group of
people or things IcHTIfflB fA MB: He was selected for the team. ffeti
ABB PAT. oo randomly selected
sample of 23 schools
mbw 23
pick (rather informal) to choose sb/sth from a group of people or things
j^B#, MB: She picked the best cake for
herself. MA £ £M7HsMMm®«&.
CHOOSE, SELECT OR PICK? choose, select pick?
Choose is the most general of
these words and the only one that can be used without an object. When you select
sth, you choose it carefully, unless you actually say that it is selected randomly/at random.
Pick is a more informal word
and often a less careful action, used especially when the choice
being made is not very important. * choose ■SO, select aij&fiFffflffe
B, select randomly/at random ( Ktt/IB
®)0 Pick»iEA, -mAfmm
IIMWf,
opt to choose to take or not to take a particular course
of action After
graduating she opted for a career in music.
B#7 0 After a lot of thought. I opted
against buying a motorbike.
go for sth (rather informal) to choose sth jf : / think I’ll go for the fruit salad.
Mo
single sb/sth out to choose sb/sth from a group for special attention ; She was singled out for
criticism. ^ 7
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS
■
to
choose/select/pick/single out A from B
■
to
choose/select/pick between A and/or B
■
to opt/go for sb/sth
■
to choose/opt to do
sth
■
to
choose/select/pick your words carefully
■
to
choose/select/pick sb/sth carefully/at random
■
randomly chosen/selected/picked
■
well chosen/selected
chooser /’tXu:z0(r)/ noun IRTC1 see beggar n. choosy /‘tjuizi/ adj. (choos-ier,
choosi est) (informal) careful in choosing; difficult to please M B W ; at M
III W ; Sin FUSSY, picky : I’m very
choosy about my clothes. B
chop 0*w /tjop; NAmEtfaipj verb, noun ■ verb ( pp-) 1 ~ sth (up) (into sth) to cut sth into pieces with a
sharp tool such as a knife DO#; $J#; fifc; #: [VN] Chop the
carrots up into small pieces. h^0fi£