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suffocate

英[ˈsʌfəkeɪt] 美[ˈsʌfəˌket]
  • 第三人称单数：suffocates;
  • 过去式：suffocated;
  • 过去分词：suffocated;
  • 现在分词：suffocating;
  • 名词：suffocation;
    • 相关单词 suffocatedsuffocates
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    • V-ERG
      (使)窒息而死;(把…)闷死
      If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe.
      例句
      He either suffocated, or froze to death... 他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。 They were suffocated as they slept. 他们睡觉时窒息而死。
    • V-ERG
      (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷
      If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe.
      例句
      That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room... 这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。 The airlessness of the room suffocated her. 房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。
    • V-ERG
      (受)束缚;(受)扼制
      You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop.
      例句
      After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating... 和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。 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。
    英汉词典释义
    • vt. & vi.
      (使某人)窒息而死, (将某人)闷死
      The smoke and fumes almost suffocated me. 烟雾差点儿把我闷死了。
    • vi.
      呼吸困难, 窒息
      The baby suffocated under its pillow. 婴儿闷死在枕头下。 I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。
    英英词典释义
    • Verb
      1. 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"
      2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
      "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
      3. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
      "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
      4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
      "His job suffocated him"
      5. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
      "The child suffocated under the pillow"
      6. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air;
      "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
      7. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
      "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
    行业词典
    • 体育： 窒息；