chock
/tʃɒk/ (bre, ipa) · /tʃɑːk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈchäk/ (ame, mw)
chock — 名詞
- chocksingular
- chocksplural
1. a sturdy block, typically wooden or rubber, placed against a wheel or heavy obje
防滑楔
放在輪子下防止物體滑動的楔塊
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.
Yuki 在鬆開手煞車之前，在每個輪子下放了木製防滑楔。
collocation: wooden chock / slide a chock under
The flight attendant placed chocks behind the luggage cart on the sloping tarmac.
空服員在傾斜的停機坪上，把防滑楔放在行李車後面。
Amara checked that the chocks held firm against the trailer tyres after parking on the hill.
Amara 在山坡上停車後，檢查防滑楔是否牢牢抵住拖車輪胎。
Without a chock, the heavy steel barrel began rolling across the warehouse floor.
沒有防滑楔的話，沉重的鋼桶就開始在倉庫地板上滾動。
The mechanic keeps two rubber chocks in his van for roadside jobs.
那位技師在他的廂型車後方放了兩塊橡膠防滑楔，以備路邊作業之需。
常見錯誤
chock — 副詞
1. packed or squeezed so tightly that nothing more can fit; filled to the absolute
滿滿地
塞得極滿、毫無空隙的狀態
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.
儲藏室塞滿了蓋著白布的家具。
pattern: chock-full of + noun
Farid's desk drawer was chock-full of old keys, batteries, and rubber bands.
Farid 的書桌抽屜塞滿了舊鑰匙、電池和橡皮筋。
The bus was chock-full by the third stop, and the driver had to turn people away.
公車到第三站時已經擠得滿滿的，司機不得不請人別再上車。
Mei-Ling's grandmother keeps a tin chock-full of buttons sorted by colour.
Mei-Ling 的祖母留著一個按顏色分類、裝滿鈕扣的鐵盒。
The tiny bookshop was chock-full of customers on that rainy Saturday afternoon.
那個下雨的星期六下午，小書店裡擠滿了顧客。
- 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 — 動詞
- 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
用楔固定
把楔子塞入輪下或物體旁以阻止移動
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.
Kwame 在地勤人員開始卸貨前，用楔子固定了飛機的輪子。
pattern: chock + object (wheels)
The delivery driver chocked the handcart so it would not roll into traffic.
送貨司機用楔子固定手推車，以免它滑到車流中。
You must chock the boat trailer before you unhitch it from the car.
在將船拖車與汽車脫鉤之前，你必須先用楔子固定拖車。
Tariq chocked the heavy steel drum with two blocks of scrap wood.
Tariq 用兩塊廢木頭固定了沉重的鋼桶。
The railway worker chocked each carriage after the train came to a halt.
鐵路工人在火車停妥後，用楔子固定了每節車廂。
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.