词汇 | chock-a-block |
释义 | chock-a-block adjective[ after verb ] informaluk /ˌtʃɒk.əˈblɒk//ˈtʃɒk.ə.blɒk/ us /ˈtʃɑːk.ə.blɑːk/ If a place is chock-a-block, it is very full of people or things: 挤满的,塞满的,充满的 The streets were chock-a-block (with cars).街道上(车辆)挤得水泄不通。 Full alive alive with somethingidiom awash be a rich seam to mineidiom be riddled with somethingidiom bristle burst congested crowded crowdedness flat chat fully booked heaped heaping rammed replete repletion ridden riddled teem Examples of chock-a-blockchock-a-block That is one of the problem areas—because their surgeries are chock-a-block with the over-40s and over-50s, sadly, they are missing telltale signs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every little turning within a quarter of a mile area of the market is chock-a-block with traffic to and from the market. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From 12.30 p.m. onwards, the restaurants are chock-a-block with visitors, and that can no longer be tolerated. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In one depot we would find any amount of accommodation, while another was chock-a-block with vehicles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is necessary, because the roads are chock-a-block as people try to get through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some have said it is chock-a-block with bankers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why is bed and breakfast accommodation absolutely chock-a-block or unobtainable? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The town is chock-a-block because of traffic congestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I became rather vexed two weeks ago as, although it is supposed to have a 1.2 gigabyte drive, it was chock-a-block. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could not get into the harbour because it was chock-a-block. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They stand chock-a-block in corridors and lie down so that one has to walk over the top of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All over the world great ordnance depots are chock-a-block with hundreds of millions of pounds of equipment which will never be used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I noticed that the roads were chock-a-block at that time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every homeless family hostel is chock-a-block. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The two inside lanes are often chock-a-block with heavy lorries doing 60 to 70 miles per hour, and it is a nightmare to drive in those conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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