| 单词 | chock-a-block |
| 例句 | Though he’s brought his sneakers with him, hoping to keep up with cross-country training, it is impossible, on these cracked, congested, chock-a-block streets, to run. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Hospital Records' nightlife outpost takes on the capital at the end of the week with a chock-a-block lineup. Clubs picks of the week 2011-01-01T00:05:41Z But these emotions seem dutifully inserted into a chock-a-block string of domestic scenes. Dance Review: With Twists and Turns, Cuban Troupe Makes U.S. Debut 2011-05-11T17:03:27Z The book is a superb business study and an entertaining read, chock-a-block with hundreds of interesting facts — and some unlovely ones, such as the poisoning capabilities of 19th-century tin cans. 'The Great A&P': Creation and destruction in the battle for America's grocery dollars 2011-08-31T21:26:03Z “Super Host” is set in a fairy tale of London, chock-a-block with meet-cutes and grocery store cashiers who offer to lend their copy of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to first-time customers. If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now — Sort Of 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z To the north, Nuevo Mazatlan is fast on its way to becoming chock-a-block with new developments including two marinas, gated condos, and resorts with private beaches, golf and tennis clubs. On Mexico’s Sinaloa coast, Mazatlan is an undiscovered gem. But probably not for long. 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The event, which benefits the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, was chock-a-block full of people who have walked onto the field before a crowd who wanted a win — maybe more than they players themselves. Could Hawks lose? Question elicits winning answers 2014-02-04T07:36:53Z Ballyglass House and environs turn out to be chock-a-block with likely suspects, all as fully realized as Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum. Review | John Banville’s new novel begins, like a game of Clue, with a body in the library 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z The Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry is chock-a-block with a hotchpotch of items, from stuffed animals to displays on the city's Home Front and examples of woven silk. The Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award 2010-04-02T23:07:00Z Story lines are chock-a-block with perks like fashion fittings, “company seats” and name-brand coffee. How Hollywood Gets the Publishing Industry Wrong 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z There were parties aplenty -- including the chock-a-block market opening, complete with Chinese fireworks over the Mediterranean, and Vanity Fair's exclusive do at the Hotel du Cap -- but none really was for the record books. Buzz in short supply at Cannes 2010-05-21T04:06:00Z The Huntington Store is chock-a-block with beautiful, unusual gifts, but you can support a rose lover and the beloved institution by buying its exclusive prints of the exquisite rose watercolors in its collection. 18 gifts that give back in big ways 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z "The trees have disappeared. The parks have almost disappeared. There is chock-a-block traffic." Traffic, water shortages, now floods: the slow death of India's tech hub? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Patrons are once again filling up the rows of concert halls and theaters, and a chock-a-block fall season is already filling up the columns of my calendar. Perspective | Classical music is ditching printed programs. We’re not happy. 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Its tiny next door neighbour, Djibouti, is chock-a-block with foreign military bases, including Chinese and American ones. US troops back in Somalia to fight al-Shabab 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z “Good luck for this one Rob, as your email is going to be absolutely chock-a-block,” says Michael Cosgrove. Leeds United v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z "You see beaches are chock-a-block in England, and these protests, there's no social distancing," Mr Morgan said. Fear pubs 'will go bust' because of two-metre rule 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z My days are chock-a-block with split-second decisions about whether it’s worth it to correct a wrong reading of my name. Rich Boss, Young Employee, Angry Wife: It Gets Twisted 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z The website of the House of Representatives features Kids in the House, chock-a-block with educational activities divided into categories for young learners, grade school, middle school and high school. Class Is in Session Everywhere Now 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Between yesterday and today, we had 14 deaths and are chock-a-block full of patients. 'We are used to death ... but not on this scale': An oral history of the coronavirus crisis 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The walls lining two staircases — one from the entry door to the main living area and a second from the living room up to the bedrooms — are covered chock-a-block. Enhancing the value of a house with art | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z "I thought I better put a double burner on tonight because this place is absolutely chock-a-block with tender plants." Radio gardening guru burns down greenhouse 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z “I still enjoy Jurassic Park, even though that thing is chock-a-block full of errors about dinosaurs.” Stranger Things 2 should have had a frog consultant 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The facility looks suspiciously like its forebears, a complex the size of two U.S. football fields, chock-a-block with snaking pipes and pumps. Goodbye smokestacks: Startup invents zero-emission fossil fuel power 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z When we did, we’d see the East Stand, which was always chock-a-block, and it was just the roar that went up and the sense of expectation. Goodbye White Hart Lane: an iconic stadium remembered by those who knew it best 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z Like the 1951 Oscar-winning film, which it is very freely based on, this “American in Paris” is visually inventive, comic as well as romantic and chock-a-block with visual delights and talented performers. Review: ‘American in Paris’ sparkles like a spring day on the Champs-Elysees 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z My driver’s modus operandi was to keep his CNG in motion no matter what, even in chock-a-block conditions. The Bangladeshi Traffic Jam That Never Ends 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z But Boston is chock-a-block with world-class universities, high-tech companies, and big research hospitals. The Olympics Issue 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z One of the most noteworthy aspects of “The Legend of Tarzan” is that though it is chock-a-block with jungle animals, all of whom seem to know Tarzan personally, they are exclusively created via CGI effects. The not-quite-legendary 'The Legend of Tarzan' tries to modernize the classic jungle tale 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Any week with a Republican debate is bound to be chock-a-block full of truly shockingly awful statements these days. 5 worst right-wing moments of the week — Katrina Pierson is so much crazier than anybody else in this election 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z It portrays a chock-a-block jumble, where tests have been layered upon tests under mandates from Congress, the U.S. Study says standardized testing is overwhelming nation’s public schools 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z "Television right now is chock-a-block with great stories and performances so there is almost too much great TV to pick winners," said Mary McNamara, TV critic for the Los Angeles Times. TV's new 'golden age' bodes well for exciting Emmy Awards 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z He said there was no way his shop, chock-a-block with gas tanks, would survive if Dorchester Avenue were redesigned to impress Olympic revelers, corporate sponsors, and global television audiences. Olympic boosters aim to transform Boston strip 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z The only planes on which such flights weren’t chock-a-block were those flying at undesirable hours, or on routes with more modest demand, like those featuring high-ish fares for seats to small-ish cities. 222 Million Summer Flyers Fueling Airlines', Governments' Fight Over How To Divvy Up Our Dollars 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z "It was exciting - it would be absolutely chock-a-block, quite an atmosphere with people cheering you. I'd say there were more than 3,000 people sometimes," he says. Cycle speedway: The 'skid kids' who raced bicycles on WW2 bomb sites 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Surfing, skiing, snowboarding, skydiving, rock climbing, kite surfing, etc, are all activities chock-a-block with hot decisions. Cognitive Warming: Brain Training For High Pressure Decision-Making 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z Surrounding the hotel you’ll find streets such as Bermondsey, chock-a-block with interesting restaurants and crowds spilling into the street they wait for tables. The Shangri-La At The Shard: London's Best New Location For Luxury 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z "It was chock-a-block, and it was a real carnival atmosphere on board, with people cheering as the tram set off," Marjory Broom told reporters. Edinburgh's tram system opens – £375m over budget and three years late 2014-05-31T04:00:00Z "Do we want Americans to abandon homeownership, leave the less-crowded periphery for congested areas, adopting the chock-a-block lifestyle much as many of their grandparents did?" he asks. Middle-class dream denied? 2014-04-28T15:34:04Z "I don't think much of it, but our spare room is chock-a-block with them. " Creating a flotilla from matchsticks 2014-01-31T06:25:43Z Keep in mind that modern economic history is chock-a-block with episodes of overheating in one credit market or another. Monetary policy: The wisdom of Scott Sumner 2013-02-12T15:49:34Z The Tomorrow Awards were chock-a-block full of good Social ideas. I Saw The Future Of Advertising And It's Pretty Awesome 2012-11-11T16:17:27Z The windows are chock-a-block with special offers and discounts. Store Wars: Oddbins and Majestic Wine 2012-06-29T10:42:01Z Had he known that instead of a following breeze of about twenty miles an hour there was a head wind approaching the neighbourhood of thirty-five miles, he would not have been so chock-a-block with confidence. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z Videlicet, the Central Restaurant, sir, in London, continuously chock-a-block on curry day when my dishes, prepared Indian fashion, were the delight of city gents and ladies of prepossessing appearance who feed there regular as clock-work. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z For instance, the music business is chock-a-block with 20-somethings selling millions of downloads. 30 Under 30: Energy 2011-12-19T16:31:02Z I had made my start from almost chock-a-block against the source, however. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The district, chock-a-block with universities and known for its comparatively liberal bent, elected China’s first independent candidate in 1984. China Clamps Down on Even a By-the-Book Campaign 2011-12-04T17:14:19Z What had he done these last few days?—Oh, he'd been very busy, he might say that he'd been chock-a-block with work.—Work? Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z From The Sex Pistols' pantomime reunion roadshow to Take That's record-breaking comeback tour, the nostalgia circuit is chock-a-block with ageing idols who are harnessing the power of the past. A new, old order 2011-03-07T03:39:56Z Instead, it is the report itself that is chock-a-block with internal documents conclusively showing that the two government-sponsored entities followed Wall Street and the subprime companies off the cliff, rather than the other way around. Talking Business: We Got Details, but We Needed a Bottom Line 2011-01-28T23:33:25Z There dawns a day when he is full chock-a-block up to his neck with poetry, and the inner man craves the re-enforcement of the kind of flapjacks his mother used to make. Half-Hours with the Idiot 2011-01-22T03:00:18.853Z In Mumbai, the country’s financial capital, normally chock-a-block main roads were empty because most stores and offices were closed. Thousands Arrested in Fuel Price Protests in India 2010-07-05T14:01:00Z So far at least, the place is not so chock-a-block as it's been in recent days, while the show-courts will be operating a strict single-sex policy. Down to the last eight ... 2010-06-29T11:16:00Z There has been a band of young good-for-nothings in Shop 22, who were full, chock-a-block, of socialism, and equality, and workingmen's rights, and God knows what-not! The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel Yes, there was the man-of-war, a Britisher with yellow funnels, well outside the reef, towing behind her a flotilla of boats chock-a-block with natives. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas The place is chock-a-block from morning to night, and outside there is always waiting a string of lorries, mess-carts, wagons, limbers, from all over the place. War Letters of a Public-School Boy My rooms are chock-a-block with just such things, now. Patty's Social Season "The only decent rooms are reserved for a bloated American millionaire who arrives to-day—everything else chock-a-block except two bunks under the roof, full of spiders." A Gentleman's Gentleman 1909 The railroad yard was chock-a-block with freight and passenger cars, and nobody was there to tell us where to go or where to find provisions. American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt The place was chock-a-block with rough-looking men, either looking on or playing the games. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance I wish I could ask you to stay, but we are chock-a-block with cousins and aunts. The Independence of Claire Two of the chests were full, chock-a-block, and the other was about three-parts full; and he said that, altogether, the treasure must be worth millions! The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn The big Ravine and all the small nullahs are chock-a-block with corpses. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I See here—three turns of the winch and she's chock-a-block again, if you ever!… Foe-Farrell Halliards are let go, reef-tackles hauled chock-a-block, and we lay aloft helter-skelter, best man up first, and bend over the yard, till the weather-earing is secured; and then comes the welcome cry: 'Haul to leeward!' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 I felt the flag's toggle jam chock-a-block against the truck of the staff, and gave a tug, shaking out the flag to the still morning breeze. Poison Island The streets of the little town were simply chock-a-block with troops which were pouring into it from converging roads. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. With the assistance of the man Bob had relieved at the wheel, they soon had the topgallant sails, which had been furled, chock-a-block. The Golden Canyon Over in American Cañon, some five miles maybe back of the mine, they was a creek called the American River, and it was sure chock-a-block full of trouts. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West A company came on board the Scourge, and they filled us chock-a-block. Ned Myers or, a Life Before the Mast There was also a mine ship, the old Louisiana, stuffed chock-a-block with powder to blow in the side of the fort. Captains of the Civil War; a chronicle of the blue and the gray Now, if we were to cut him open here, Mrs. Parker," said the doctor, "you'd find his lungs chock-a-block with white powder. The Garden Party and Other Stories |
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