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

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. 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。
2. The stale air made us suffocate.
   浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。

经典引文

• This chaos, when degree is suffocate, Follows the choking.

  出自：Troilus Cressida , Shakespeare

• She..had put a pillow over his face, intending to suffocate him.

  出自： M. Spufford

近反义词

【近义词】

• smother 窒息
• stifle 使窒息
• choke 窒息
• asphyxiate (使)窒息
• gag 箝口物
• suppress 镇压
• muffle 围裹
• throttle 节流阀
• quash 镇压
• snuff out 掐灭
• strangle 勒死
• damp 潮湿的