Noun:

1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter;

   "he told a very funny joke"
   "he knows a million gags"
   "thanks for the laugh"
   "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"
   "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
   

2. restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting

Verb:

1. prevent from speaking out;

   "The press was gagged"
   

2. be too tight; rub or press;

   "This neckband is choking the cat"
   

3. tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them;

   "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"
   

4. make jokes or quips;

   "The students were gagging during dinner"
   

5. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;

   "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
   

6. cause to retch or choke

7. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit

• She put her thumb in her mouth for a gag and she cried silently.

  出自：J. Steinbeck

• A gag is inserted in the patient's mouth to prevent him biting his tongue.

  出自：A. Clare

• A dozen people were gagging or comatose from swallowing cyanide.

  出自：T. Keneally

• A repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that..gave off an odor that would gag a goat.

  出自：G. Keillor

• Even Mozart..would gag at so much worship.

  出自：fig.

She gagged on the blood that filled her mouth.

她因嘴里充满了血而作呕。

a gagging order (= one given by a court of law)

司法限制言论令

a press gag

新闻禁刊令

a gag rule'/order (= one given by a court of law)

禁止发言规则；限制言论令

to tell'/crack a gag

讲 / 说笑话

a running gag (= one that is regularly repeated during a performance)

连续重复的插科打诨

It was just a gag'u2500we didn't mean to upset anyone.

这只是逗着玩——我们并未想使任何人不高兴。

The hostages were bound and gagged .

人质被绑起来并被用东西塞住了嘴。

The new laws are seen as an attempt to gag the press.

人们认为新法律企图压制新闻界的言论自由。

His captors had put a gag of thick leather in his mouth.

劫持者用一块厚厚的皮革堵住了他的嘴。

I gagged him with a towel.

我用一条毛巾堵住他的嘴。

Judges must not be gagged.

法官的言论自由不能受到压制。

I knelt by the toilet and gagged.

我跪在马桶边，一阵恶心。

...a gag about policemen giving evidence in court.

关于警察在法庭作证的一则笑话

Girls everywhere are gagging for a car like this...

天底下的女孩儿都对这种车梦寐以求。

There are thousands of students absolutely gagging to come to this university.

肯定有成千上万的学生都渴望到这所大学念书。

Only if you put a gag on me.

除非你堵住我的口.

' Nearly every strained gag depends on the sheer stupidity of its characters. '

“ 几乎每一处矫揉造作的笑料都来自剧中人物愚蠢十足的所作所为. ”

Setting a roommate's alarm clock behind an hour is a common gag.

把室友的闹钟调回来一小时是唯一普通的把戏.

But as the gag has it, we shouldn't be starting from here.

但正如老话所说, 我们不应该从这儿开始.

Most of the other authors also went along with the gag.

其他的大部分作家也纷纷动笔.

The gang tied up the security guard and put a gag in his mouth.

那帮歹徒把保安人员捆绑起来,然后把他的嘴堵住.

The types of basal ganglia agraphia were AAg, VAg, PAg, MAg and gag.

基底神经节失写类型有:失语性失写 、 视空间性失写、惰性失写、镜像书写及完全性失写.

There was this running gag about a penguin ( = they kept telling penguin jokes ).

人们不断讲关于一只企鹅的笑话.

That gag gave me a blast!

那个笑话让我痛快极了!