smother

英 ['smʌðə(r)] 美 ['smʌðər]

• v. 窒息；闷死；用沙等闷住火；忍住；厚厚地或大面积地覆盖

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使窒息，使透不过气

   stop air from reaching a person or thing

2. vt. 覆盖

   cover thickly or completely

3. vt. 忍住，抑制

   keep back,suppress (one's anger,etc.)

4. vt. 闷住，闷熄

   put out (a fire), cause (a fire) to burn slowly,by covering it with ashes,sand,etc.

英英释义

Noun:

1. a confused multitude of things

2. a stifling cloud of smoke

Verb:

1. envelop completely;

   "smother the meat in gravy"
   

2. 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"
   

3. conceal or hide;

   "smother a yawn"
   "muffle one's anger"
   "strangle a yawn"
   

4. form an impenetrable cover over;

   "the butter cream smothered the cake"
   

5. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion;

   "smother fires"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. They smother his better instinct.
   这些声音窒息了他的良知。
2. He smothered the baby with a pillow.
   他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
3. It's better to smother the fire with the earth.
   最好用土把火掩熄。
4. Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.
   用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。
5. If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.
   在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。
6. We tried to smother our laughter.
   我们强忍住笑。
7. I just managed to smother a yawn.
   我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。
8. He could hardly smother his anger.
   他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。
9. In some of Jame's fiction motive seems to smother event.
   在詹姆斯的一些小说里动机似乎把情节掩盖住了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. Don't put that cloth over the baby's face,you'll smother him!
   不要把布盖在那个婴儿脸上，会使他窒息的！
2. I just managed to smother a yawn.
   我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。
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3. In autumn the grass is smothered with leaves.
   秋天草地上盖满了枯叶。
4. The fire is smothered by ashes.
   火被灰闷熄了。

经典引文

• We..brought the boat to in a smother of foam.

  出自： R. H. Dana

• The muffle and smother of these fallen clouds.

  出自： R. L. Stevenson

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• smother a yawn 忍住哈欠
• smother one's grief 抑制悲痛

近反义词

【近义词】

• stifle 使窒息
• suffocate 使窒息
• asphyxiate (使)窒息
• choke 窒息
• suppress 镇压
• repress 抑制
• oppress 使烦恼
• overwhelm 打击
• overpower 压倒
• restrict 限制
• hide 藏
• check 检查
• hold back 阻碍
• muffle 围裹
• strangle 勒死
• silence 沉默
• dampen (使)潮湿
• damp 潮湿的
• quell 压制
• inhibit 抑制
• extinguish 熄灭
• put out 熄灭
• mare's nest 不实或无价值之发现...
• clutter 弄乱
• jumble 掺杂
• surround 包围
• fuddle 使错乱
• welter 混乱
• muddle 混乱