choke up phrasal verbphr v a) choke something ↔ up to fill a place so that things cannot move through it 堵塞,阻塞be choked up with something The stream was choked up with weeds. 这条小河被野草堵塞了。
b) UPSET choke somebody up to make someone feel very upset and unable to talk 使某人哽咽,使某人说不出话来 This song really chokes me up. 这首歌真的是让我喉头哽咽。
I was really choked up when I saw her again. 我再次见到她时激动得说不出话来。
→ choke up at choke1(PHRASAL VERB)