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

• 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 town centre was chock-a-block ( with traffic).
  市中心（车辆）挤得水泄不通。
• 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。
• The belief that a city will be expensive and chock-a-block with sports fans can deter visitors.
  那种认为花费将会大幅上涨以及城市里面将会挤满运动迷的念头会阻止旅游者。
• The cheering fans were chock-a-block in the stands.
  看台上挤满了欢呼着的球迷们。
• 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。
• 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。
• The small roads are chock-a-block with traffic.
  条条小路全挤满了车马行人。
• 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。