[zhì xī]
stifle; suffocate; [医] asphyxia; apnea; asphyxiation; suffocation; stuffiness; smotheration; smothering（树苗）
During the fire, he was trapped under the cabin and was suffocated to death.
火患发生时， 他被困在舱底下窒息而死。
The bone wedged in his throat and strangled him.
骨头卡在喉咙里使他窒息。