Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense gags, present participle gagging, past tense, past participle gagged
1N-COUNT (使人不能说话的)封口布,塞口物 A gag is something such as a piece of cloth that is tied around or put inside someone's mouth in order to stop them from speaking. (使人不能说话的)封口布,塞口物
His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.
3VERB 压制…的言论自由;迫使…缄默 If a person is gagged by someone in authority, they are prevented from expressing their opinion or from publishing certain information. 压制…的言论自由;迫使…缄默 [disapproval] [Also VERB n]
Judges must not be gagged. [beVERB-ed]
法官的言论自由不能受到压制。
4VERB 噎住;噎得作呕 If you gag, you cannot swallow and nearly vomit. 噎住;噎得作呕
5N-COUNT 笑话;玩笑;插科打诨 A gag is a joke. 笑话;玩笑;插科打诨 [informal]
...a gag about policemen giving evidence in court. [+ about]
关于警察在法庭作证的一则笑话
6VERB [only cont]渴望拥有;期盼做 If you say that someone is gagging for something or is gagging to do something, you are emphasizing that they want to have it or do it very much. 渴望拥有;期盼做 [informal]
Girls everywhere are gagging for a car like this. [VERB + for]
天底下的女孩儿都对这种车梦寐以求。
There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university. [VERB to-infinitive]
1piece of cloth布VERB + GAG➤put on用布塞住(某人的嘴)◇They tied him up and put a gag on him.他們把他綁起來並用布堵住了他的嘴。➤remove, take off拿走/拿掉堵口物gag
noun²
2joke玩笑ADJECTIVE | VERB + GAG | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤funny, good, great好笑的/有趣的/絕妙的笑話◇the movie's best gags這部電影中最有趣的笑話➤cheap, lame蹩腳的玩笑➤old老掉牙的笑話➤obvious明白易懂的玩笑➤gross-out (NAmE, informal) 令人作嘔的笑話▸➤sight, visual啞劇;視覺笑話(沒有對白的滑稽表演)◇a mixture of wit and instant visual gags機智風趣夾雜着即興的視覺笑話➤running連續不斷的笑話◇There was this running gag about a penguin.人們不斷講關於一隻企鵝的笑話。VERB + GAG➤crack, tell說笑話;講笑話◇a non-stop comedian, telling gags by the dozen講起笑話來滔滔不絕的喜劇演員➤write寫笑話PREPOSITION➤gag about有關⋯的笑話gag
verb
PHRASES➤bind and gag sb捆綁某人並堵上嘴◇The men left the security guards bound and gagged.這些人綁住保安,還堵上了他們的嘴。