gag

英 [ɡæɡ]

美 [ɡæɡ]

n.  封口布; 塞口布; 禁刊令(阻止公开报道或讨论某事的法令); (尤指专业喜剧演员的)插科打诨，笑话，噱头
v.  捂住，塞住(某人的嘴); 压制…的言论自由; 使缄默; 作呕

复数：gags　过去式：gagged　现在分词：gagging　过去分词：gagged　第三人称单数：gags　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15442 / COCA.10677

习惯用语

v.

be gagging for sth/to do sth
• 渴求；迫切想做（某事）
  to want sth or want to do sth very much
be gagging for it
• 欲火中烧
  to want to have sex

牛津词典

noun

• 封口布；塞口布
  a piece of cloth that is put over or in sb's mouth to stop them speaking
• 禁刊令（阻止公开报道或讨论某事的法令）
  an order that prevents sth from being publicly reported or discussed
  1. a press gag
     新闻禁刊令
  2. a gag rule/order (= one given by a court of law)
     禁止发言规则；限制言论令
• （尤指专业喜剧演员的）插科打诨，笑话，噱头
  a joke or a funny story, especially one told by a professional
  1. to tell/crack a gag
     讲 / 说笑话
  2. a running gag (= one that is regularly repeated during a performance)
     连续重复的插科打诨
• 恶作剧；诡计；花招
  a trick you play on sb
  1. It was just a gag─we didn't mean to upset anyone.
     这只是逗着玩——我们并未想使任何人不高兴。

verb

• 捂住，塞住（某人的嘴）
  to put a piece of cloth in or over sb's mouth to prevent them from speaking or shouting
  1. The hostages were bound and gagged .
     人质被绑起来并被用东西塞住了嘴。
• 压制…的言论自由；使缄默
  to prevent sb from speaking freely or expressing their opinion
  1. The new laws are seen as an attempt to gag the press.
     人们认为新法律企图压制新闻界的言论自由。
  2. a gagging order (= one given by a court of law)
     司法限制言论令
• 作呕
  to have the unpleasant feeling in your mouth and stomach as if you are going to vomit
  1. She gagged on the blood that filled her mouth.
     她因嘴里充满了血而作呕。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （使人不能说话的）封口布，塞口物
  Agagis something such as a piece of cloth that is tied around or put inside someone's mouth in order to stop them from speaking.
  1. His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.
     劫持者用一块厚厚的皮革堵住了他的嘴。
• VERB （用布）封住（或堵住）…的嘴
  If someonegagsyou, they tie a piece of cloth around your mouth in order to stop you from speaking or shouting.
  1. I gagged him with a towel.
     我用一条毛巾堵住他的嘴。
• VERB 压制…的言论自由；迫使…缄默
  If a personis gaggedby someone in authority, they are prevented from expressing their opinion or from publishing certain information.
  1. Judges must not be gagged.
     法官的言论自由不能受到压制。
• VERB 噎住；噎得作呕
  If yougag, you cannot swallow and nearly vomit.
  1. I knelt by the toilet and gagged.
     我跪在马桶边，一阵恶心。
• N-COUNT 笑话；玩笑；插科打诨
  Agagis a joke.
  1. ...a gag about policemen giving evidence in court.
     关于警察在法庭作证的一则笑话
• VERB 渴望拥有；期盼做
  If you say that someoneis gagging forsomething oris gagging todo something, you are emphasizing that they want to have it or do it very much.
  1. Girls everywhere are gagging for a car like this...
     天底下的女孩儿都对这种车梦寐以求。
  2. There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university.
     肯定有成千上万的学生都渴望到这所大学念书。

英英释义

noun

• restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
  Synonym:muzzle
• a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
  1. he told a very funny joke
  2. he knows a million gags
  3. thanks for the laugh
  4. he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
  5. even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point
  Synonym:jokelaughjestjape

verb

• make an unsuccessful effort to vomit
  Synonym:heaveretch
• cause to retch or choke
  Synonym:choke
• struggle for breath
  1. he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
  Synonym:chokestranglesuffocate
• make jokes or quips
  1. The students were gagging during dinner
  Synonym:quip
• tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
  1. The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair
  Synonym:muzzle
• be too tight
  1. This neckband is choking the cat
  Synonym:chokefret
• prevent from speaking out
  1. The press was gagged
  Synonym:muzzle

双语例句

• They are go to play a gag on their mom when she come home.
  他们打算在他们的妈妈回家时跟她开个玩笑。
• His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.
  劫持者用一块厚厚的皮革堵住了他的嘴。
• Gag is also a component of HIV-1.
  Gag也是HIV-1病毒的成分。
• I knelt by the toilet and gagged.
  我跪在马桶边，一阵恶心。
• There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university.
  肯定有成千上万的学生都渴望到这所大学念书。
• Gag in fact localized to complexes containing an autophagy protein, LC3.
  事实上该蛋白位于含有自噬蛋白LC3的复合物中。
• Can you keep a secret? Only if you put a gag on me.
  你能不能保密？除非你堵住我的口。
• They found that patients'immune systems notably their immune cells called T cells responded particularly to a viral protein called'Gag ', helping them control viral replication.
  他们发现这些患者的免疫系统特别是他们的一种免疫细胞T细胞能够对一种名为Gag的病毒蛋白质做出显著的反应，这帮助了他们控制病毒的复制。
• Gag me with a spoon! Please don't tell me such disgusting stories any more.
  我快吐了！请别再说这么恶心的故事了。
• They bound him hand and foot and placed a gag in his mouth.
  他们捆住他的手脚。在他嘴里放了一个张口器。