chock-a-block

英 [ˌtʃɒk ə ˈblɒk]

美 [ˌtʃɑːk ə ˈblɑːk]

adj.  充满; 挤满; 塞满

牛津词典

adj.

• 充满；挤满；塞满
  very full of things or people pressed close together
  1. The shelves were chock-a-block with ornaments.
     架子上堆满了装饰品。
  2. It was chock-a-block in town today (= full of people) .
     今天城里的人挤得水泄不通。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (地方)拥挤的
  A place that ischock-a-blockis very full of people, things, or vehicles.
  1. The small roads are chock-a-block with traffic.
     条条小路全挤满了车马行人。

英英释义

adv

• as completely as possible
  1. it was chock-a-block full
  Synonym:chock

双语例句

• The small roads are chock-a-block with traffic.
  条条小路全挤满了车马行人。
• On new year's Eve their little house was chock-a-block with guests.
  除夕夜他们小小的房子里被客人挤得满满的。
• Distinguished though Merrill's board was, it was hardly chock-a-block with expertise on banking and risk.
  尽管美林的董事会成员颇为著名，但他们几乎没有对银行业和风险具备全面的专业知识。
• The town centre was chock-a-block ( with traffic).
  市中心（车辆）挤得水泄不通。
• A hall that was chock-a-block full.
  一个挤得满满的大厅。
• They point to the emergence of what Chinese call ghost cities ─ like the much-publicized city of Ordos in Inner Mongolia ─ places chock-a-block with new apartment houses, boulevards, commercial space, but largely void of residents.
  他们指出，鬼城已经出现，比如得到广泛报道的内蒙古鄂尔多斯市，这些地方满是崭新的公寓楼、宽阔的街道和商业空间，但基本无人居住。
• When the bus finally came it was chock-a-block and we had to wait for the next one.
  公共汽车终于开车时，车已挤满了，结果我们只得等下一辆了。
• The cheering fans were chock-a-block in the stands.
  看台上挤满了欢呼着的球迷们。
• Europe, by contrast, seems chock-a-block with humanity, its history shaped by a lack of continental elbowroom.
  相反，欧洲似乎处处挤满了人，历史上，它也受限于缺乏足够空间的大陆。
• Now the box is empty and Timothy is chock-a-block full of chocolates.
  这个短语是“完全、全部、彻底地装满”的意思。