suffocate
英['sʌfəkeɪt]
美['sʌfəkeɪt]
- vt. 使窒息；使缺氧；阻碍
- vi. 窒息；窒息而亡；阻碍发展
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详细释义
Verb:
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deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
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impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
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become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
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suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
"His job suffocated him"
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be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
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feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air;
"The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
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struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
双语例句
- 1. The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.
- 总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A " free city " which was not genuinely free would suffocate freedom.
- 一个并不真正自由的 “ 自由城 ” 将使自由受到窒息.
来自辞典例句
- 3. She felt often she must suffocate.
- 她不时感到自己非窒息致死不可.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Improperly applied, it can suffocate the Bill of Right, turn our democracy into totalitarian state.
- 运用不当, 它就会扼杀权利法案, 把我们的民主政体变成极权主义国家.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Are you trying to suffocate us with that putrid smell?
- 你是想用那讨厌的气味把我们窒息死 吧 ?
来自电影对白
- But they do suffocate from a lack of air.
但它们确实也会因为缺少空气而窒息。 - The stale air made us suffocate.
浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。
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