英语释义

1. to kill by depriving of air

2. to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen

3. to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air

4. to suppress expression or knowledge of
smothered his rage

5. to stop or prevent the growth or activity of
smother a child with too much care also overwhelm

6. to cover thickly blanket
snow smothered the trails

7. to overcome or vanquish quickly or decisively

8. to cause to smolder

9. to overcome or kill with smoke or fumes

10. to cook in a covered pan or pot with little liquid over low heat

11. to be overcome or killed through or as if through lack of air

12. thick stifling smoke or smudge

13. a state of being stifled or suppressed

14. a dense cloud (as of fog or dust)

15. a confused multitude of things welter

16. to kill (someone) by covering the face so that breathing is not possible

17. to cover (something) in order to keep it from growing or spreading

18. to try to keep (something) from happening to try to stop doing (something)

19. to kill or injure by keeping from getting air or by exposing to smoke or fumes suffocate

20. to become suffocated

21. to keep from growing or developing by or as if by covering
smother a fire
… anguish smothered her smallest joy.
— Pam Mu?oz Ryan, Esperanza Rising

22. to keep from happening suppress
I tried to smother a yawn.

23. to cover thickly
The salad was smothered with dressing.

片语

choking使窒息，使哽噎；（感情激动）说不出话来，哽咽；堵塞，塞满（通道等）；（因紧张等而）失败，失去作用；阻碍（植物）生长；压制（强烈的感情）；阻塞（汽油引擎的）气门（choke 的现在分词）

suffocating令人窒息的；使人呼吸困难的；憋气的（suffocate的ing形式）

英汉例句

• No, Tom, I won「t be rich, and I won」t live in them cussed smothery houses.

  我不干，汤姆，我不要当富人，也不想住在那闷热倒霉的房子里。

相似词

choke窒息；噎；[动力] 阻气门

stifle（马等的）后膝关节；（马等的）[动] 后膝关节病

strangle把……勒死；使哽咽，使窒息；掐死，扼死；抑制；妨碍，阻止

suffocate压制，阻碍；使……窒息