A choker is a piece of jewellery that sits very tightly around a woman’s neck, more like a collar than a long necklace that hangs down. It may be a ribbon, a band of velvet, a string of beads, or a thin chain worn high against the throat.

A choker is a piece of jewelleryA choker 是一種首飾 that sits very tightly around a woman's neck緊緊貼著女生的脖子, more like a collar than a long necklace that hangs down比較像項圈，而不像垂下來的長項鍊 It may be它可能是 a ribbon, a band of velvet, a string of beads, or a thin chain worn high against the throat一條緞帶、一條絲絨帶、一串珠子，或一條貼著喉嚨戴的細鍊子

The name comes from choke: it fits so close that it looks as if it might choke you, though a real choker should only feel snug.

The name comes from choke這個名字來自 choke（勒住）: it fits so close它戴起來非常貼合 that it looks as if it might choke you看起來好像會勒住你, though a real choker should only feel snug雖然一條真正的 choker 應該只會讓你感覺剛好貼合

It is a fashion word, especially popular in the 1990s and then again later. You hear it in shops and magazines.

It is a fashion word這是一個時尚用語, especially popular in the 1990s and then again later尤其在1990年代很流行，後來又流行過一次 You hear it in shops and magazines你會在店裡和雜誌裡聽到這個詞

Though actually, choker can mean other things in English too — someone who chokes another person, or, in sport, a player who fails at the last moment — but the jewellery sense is the one you meet in clothes and gifts.

Though actually不過老實說, choker can mean other things in English too英文裡 choker 還可以指別的東西 — someone who chokes another person勒住別人的人, or, in sport, a player who fails at the last moment或運動裡在最後關頭掉鏈子的選手 — but但 the jewellery sense is the one you meet in clothes and gifts在服飾和禮物的場合，你遇到的會是首飾這個意思