chock
/tʃɒk/ (bre, ipa) · /tʃɑːk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈchäk/ (ame, mw)
chock — noun
- chocksingular
- chocksplural
1. a sturdy block, typically wooden or rubber, placed against a wheel or heavy obje
a sturdy block, typically wooden or rubber, placed against a wheel or heavy object to keep it from shifting or rolling away
Yuki slid a wooden chock under each wheel before releasing the handbrake.
collocation: wooden chock / slide a chock under
The flight attendant placed chocks behind the luggage cart on the sloping tarmac.
Amara checked that the chocks held firm against the trailer tyres after parking on the hill.
Without a chock, the heavy steel barrel began rolling across the warehouse floor.
The mechanic keeps two rubber chocks in his van for roadside jobs.
常見錯誤
chock — adverb
1. packed or squeezed so tightly that nothing more can fit; filled to the absolute
packed or squeezed so tightly that nothing more can fit; filled to the absolute limit
The storage room was chock-full of furniture draped in white sheets.
pattern: chock-full of + noun
Farid's desk drawer was chock-full of old keys, batteries, and rubber bands.
The bus was chock-full by the third stop, and the driver had to turn people away.
Mei-Ling's grandmother keeps a tin chock-full of buttons sorted by colour.
The tiny bookshop was chock-full of customers on that rainy Saturday afternoon.
- packed
packed suggests things have been deliberately put in tightly; chock-full emphasises the result — nothing more can fit
- crammed
crammed implies force or haste; chock-full is more neutral about how the fullness was achieved
- stuffed
stuffed is more informal and often used for food or soft items; chock-full works for any kind of contents
- empty
containing nothing at all; the direct opposite of chock-full
文法句型
chock-full of + noun
用法筆記
Almost exclusively used in the fixed phrase 'chock-full.' The standalone adverbial use (as in 'packed chock against the wall') is now archaic and rarely encountered.
常見錯誤
chock — verb
- chockpresent simple I / you / we / they
- chocks3rd person singular
- chocking-ing form
- chockedpast simple
1. to fix something in position by jamming a block or wedge under or against it, es
to fix something in position by jamming a block or wedge under or against it, especially a wheel or heavy object that could otherwise move
Kwame chocked the aeroplane's wheels before the ground crew began unloading.
pattern: chock + object (wheels)
The delivery driver chocked the handcart so it would not roll into traffic.
You must chock the boat trailer before you unhitch it from the car.
Tariq chocked the heavy steel drum with two blocks of scrap wood.
The railway worker chocked each carriage after the train came to a halt.
文法句型
chock + object
chock + object + with + noun
用法筆記
Frequently used in transport contexts (aircraft, rail, trailers). Often appears in instructional or safety signage. Distinguish from sense 1 of the noun: the noun names the object; the verb names the action of placing it.