If a place is chock-a-block, it is so full of people or things that you can hardly add one more. A train at rush hour, a suitcase, a week of meetings — all can be chock-a-block.

If a place is chock-a-block如果一個地方chock-a-block, it is so full of people or things代表它塞滿了人或東西 that you can hardly add one more滿到幾乎放不下更多。A train at rush hour尖峰時間的火車, a suitcase一個行李箱, a week of meetings排滿會議的一週 — all都 can be chock-a-block可以說是chock-a-block。

It is informal, and you hear it more in Britain than in America. You may also see it written chockablock.

It它 is informal是口語用法, and而 you hear it more in Britain than in America在英國比在美國更常聽到。You你 may also see it written也可能看到寫成 chockablock chockablock。

Though actually, the tidy picture is a ship: sailors pulled a rope through two pulley blocks until the blocks sat tight against each other, with no gap left. People then borrowed that picture for anything packed to the limit.

Though actually不過其實, the tidy picture比較整齊的畫面 is a ship是一艘船: sailors水手 pulled a rope through two pulley blocks把繩子穿過兩個滑輪塊 until the blocks sat tight against each other一直拉到那兩個塊緊緊靠在一起, with no gap left沒有留下任何空隙。People後來人們 then borrowed that picture就借用這個畫面 for anything packed to the limit來形容任何塞到極限的東西。

It does not mean a block of chocolate, and it is not the wheel-block word chock used on its own.

It它 does not mean不是指 a block of chocolate一塊巧克力, and而 it是 the wheel-block word chock單獨使用的那個「輪擋」（chock） used on its own不是。