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鶇 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • choke verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
  • throstle noun Another name for the song thrush.
  • thrush noun A songbird, often brown-speckled, from a family that includes the song thrush and the American robin.

Senses

鶇 is used for these senses in English:

  • choke (electronics) A choking coil.
  • song thrush A songbird in the thrush family, found across Eurasia (Turdus philomelos).
  • throstle (dialectal, or, archaic) A song thrush.
  • thrush Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.

choke — full definition

  1. verb To be unable to breathe because something is blocking the throat or windpipe.
  2. verb To squeeze someone's throat so they cannot breathe; to strangle.
  3. verb To perform badly under pressure at a crucial moment, especially when close to winning.
  4. noun A valve that adjusts the fuel-air mixture in an engine, especially to help start it when cold.

throstle — full definition

  1. noun Another name for the song thrush.
  2. noun A machine used for spinning fibres like wool or cotton, which works continuously and keeps its twisting parts fixed, unlike a mule.
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