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TOEFL BNC: 15442 COCA: 10677

gag

Word family 
gag1 /ɡæɡ/ verb (gagged, gagging)
1  [intransitiveI]SICK/VOMIT to be unable to swallow and feel as if you are about to bring up food from your stomach 作嘔
The foul smell made her gag.
那股臭味讓她想吐。
gag on
He almost gagged on his first mouthful of food.
他才吃一口就差點吐了出來。
2  [transitiveT]SCPREVENT to put a piece of cloth over someone’s mouth to stop them making a noise 用布堵住〔某人的嘴，使其不能出聲〕
Thugs gagged her and tied her to a chair.
暴徒用布堵住她的嘴，把她綁在一把椅子上。
He left his victim bound and gagged (=tied up and with something over their mouth that stops them speaking).
他把受害者綁起來，堵住嘴。
3  [transitiveT]SCPREVENT to stop people saying what they want to say and expressing their opinions 壓制〔某人〕的言論自由，限制〔某人〕發言
an attempt to gag political activists
壓制政治活動家言論的企圖
→ gag order, gag rule
4  be gagging to do something/be gagging for something British EnglishBrE informal to be very eager to do or have something 急切地想做某事/急切地想要某物
They were gagging to sign the contract.
他們急切地想把合同簽下來。
5. be gagging for it British EnglishBrE informal to be very eager to have sex 欲火中燒
Examples from the Corpus
gag• I could hardly eat the fish without gagging.• He tried to swallow but gagged.• The price of these tickets is enough to make anyone gag.• He half expected to see some naked tourist in the corner, bound and gagged.• Time allowed 00:16 Read in studio Masked raiders have bound and gagged a shop manager before escaping with two thousand pounds cash.• I heard him gagging and coughing.• He wailed and gagged as people walked by.• The forest opened into a large clearing and she gagged as she saw the slaughter within.• Janir took a sip of the medicine and gagged at the vile taste.• They shouldered their paddles and again laughed, though this time the laughter was muted, gagged by the just-offshore wind.• The prime minister has been accused of attempting to gag members of his government who do not agree with his policies.• Joe gagged on his first cigarette, red-faced and choking.• Talk about gagging on your Goobers.• Of course there are laws and restrictions to gag over, but the record holds no particular shame.• The mayor was accused of trying to gag the media.• The government has once again used concerns about "National Security' as an excuse to gag the press.
gag on• A customer gagged on a piece of meat.
bound and gagged• He half expected to see some naked tourist in the corner, bound and gagged.• Time allowed 00:16 Read in studio Masked raiders have bound and gagged a shop manager before escaping with two thousand pounds cash.• Their bodies were weighted, bound and gagged, and dumped overboard.• He bound and gagged me, held my arm, and we walked round the garden.• They bound and gagged two children and then forced one of them to take them to the money.• They were bound and gagged with masking tape.• Judge frees intruder who bound and gagged woman A KNIFE-wielding intruder who bound and gagged a woman walked free from court yesterday.
gag2 noun [countableC]
1  informalJOKE a joke or funny story 玩笑，笑話
He told a few gags.
他講了幾個笑話。
It was a bit of a running gag (=a joke which is repeated) in the show.
這是該檔節目裏一個有點老掉牙的笑話。
2. SCPREVENTa piece of cloth put over someone’s mouth to stop them making a noise 封口布
Examples from the Corpus
gag• In the midst of them, a gag tied tightly about her mouth, was a woman.• Cattelan's work is a see-once-then-forget-it gag.• He started the show with a few old gags about mothers-in-law.• Some first-time eaters may become alarmed as this happens, thinking they have somehow become the victim of a time-lapse photography gag.• Even Fergie got a mention in a spurious gag about how he and the Royal got together.• The playwright pounces upon the gags like a poodle going after the petits fours.• His first job was writing gags for a famous comedian.• He wrote gags for the Jack Benny show.
running gag• And let's face it, as a running gag, it really wasn't up to much.• Endless suffering and the variety of torments have become a running gag.• I remember good learning and running gags and reasonable ambition.• Just like comedians, politicians need running gags, like designer tent encampments for the homeless in the parks.• She didn't mind the running gag but argued that a programme director should remain anonymous.
Origin gag1
(1400-1500) Probably from the sound of someone being prevented from breathing
gag1 verbgag2 noun
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TOEFL BNC: 15442 COCA: 10677
gag

noun¹

 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 | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤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。
TOEFL BNC: 15442 COCA: 10677
gag noun
⇨ joke
TOEFL BNC: 15442 COCA: 10677
gag
To tie up a person or animal: tie up, gag, chain...
Feeling sick and vomiting: airsick, barf, bilious...
To stop something from being published: suppress, gag, kill...
Feeling sexual excitement or desire: on the pull, arouse, desire...
To want something: want, wish, hope...
Things used for tying and fastening: rope, chain, string...
Tricks, pretences and dishonest plans: spot fixing, ploy, hoax...
Jokes: joke, pun, innuendo...

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