She choked up when she talked about her late grandmother. 她谈到已故的祖母时哽咽了。
The veteran actor, who had performed thousands of shows without a hitch, suddenly choked up during his farewell speech as decades of memories flooded back. 这位演过上千场演出都从未出过差错的资深演员,在告别演讲时突然哽咽了,几十年的回忆一下子涌了上来。
词源 Etymology
Choke 源自古英语 aceocian,意为"窒息、噎住",后来演变为中古英语 choken。其核心意象是喉咙被堵塞、无法顺畅呼吸或说话。与副词 up 搭配后,choke up 形象地描绘了情感像一团东西堵在喉咙里、让人"说不上来"的感觉。这个短语动词在19世纪开始广泛使用,尤其用于描述被强烈情感所压倒的状态。