gag
A noun
1 (piece of cloth) 塞口物
2 figurative (restriction) 言论钳制;
to put a gag on democracy/free speech 压制民主/言论自由
3 informal (joke) 笑话; (humorous story) 插科打诨;
to tell a gag; 讲笑话
B transitive verb
pres p gagging pt, pp gagged
1 (put a gag on) 塞住…的嘴;
to gag sb with a handkerchief 用手绢塞住某人的嘴
2 figurative (restrict) 钳制…的言论 ‹media, journalists›
C intransitive verb
pres p gagging pt, pp gagged
噎得想吐; he gagged on his soup 他喝汤呛着了