ag
n
1
(a) thing, esp a piece of cloth, putin or over a person's mouth to prevent him from speaking or shouting 塞入口中或覆於口上的东西(尤指布)(使人不能说话或喊叫).
(b) thing placed in a patient's mouth by a dentist, doctor, etc to keep it open 张口器(牙医等用的).
(c) (fig 比喻) anything that restricts freedom of speech 限制言论自由的任何事物.
2 joke or funny story, esp as part of a comedian's act 笑话或滑稽故事; (尤指喜剧演员的)插科打诨
a few rather feeble gags 几个没什麽趣的笑话. gag, v (-gg-)
1 [Tn]
(a) put a gag(1a) into or over the mouth of (sb); silence 塞住或捂住(某人)的嘴; 使缄默.
(b) (fig 比喻) deprive (sb/sth) of free speech 剥夺(某人[某事物])的言论自由
The new censorship laws are an attempt to gag the press. 新的新闻审查法目的在於剥夺新闻界的言论自由.
2 [I, Ipr] ~ (on sth) (infml 口) choke or retch 窒息; 作呕
gagging on a piece of raw fish 因吃一块生鱼而作呕.
3 [I] make jokes 插科打诨.
The only-child generation brings about many new social problems.
独生子女一代带来了许多新的社会问题。
The maintaining of one vice costs more than ten virtues.
保持一件坏事的代价超过十件好事。
Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.