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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。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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-block


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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.
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Every little turning within a quarter of a mile area of the market is chock-a-block with traffic to and from the market.
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From 12.30 p.m. onwards, the restaurants are chock-a-block with visitors, and that can no longer be tolerated.
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In one depot we would find any amount of accommodation, while another was chock-a-block with vehicles.
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It is necessary, because the roads are chock-a-block as people try to get through.
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Some have said it is chock-a-block with bankers.
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Why is bed and breakfast accommodation absolutely chock-a-block or unobtainable?
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The town is chock-a-block because of traffic congestion.
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I became rather vexed two weeks ago as, although it is supposed to have a 1.2 gigabyte drive, it was chock-a-block.
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They could not get into the harbour because it was chock-a-block.
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They stand chock-a-block in corridors and lie down so that one has to walk over the top of them.
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All over the world great ordnance depots are chock-a-block with hundreds of millions of pounds of equipment which will never be used.
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I noticed that the roads were chock-a-block at that time.
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Every homeless family hostel is chock-a-block.
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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.
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