suffocating

英 ['sʌfəkeɪtɪŋ] 美 ['sʌfəkeɪtɪŋ]

• adj. 使人窒息的
• 动词suffocate的现在分词.

英英释义

Adjective:

1. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat;

   "the choking June dust"
   "the smothering soft voices"
   "smothering heat"
   "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I can't bearthe suffocating air in here.
   我受不了这儿令人窒息的空气。
2. The south tower crumpled to the ground in a suffocating cloud.
   南塔彻底崩塌成了碎片，扬起让人窒息的灰尘。

词汇搭配

• suffocate 使窒息
• suffocating gas 窒息性气体
• suffocating substance 窒息性物质

近反义词

【近义词】

• stuffy (房间等)不通气的...
• sultry 闷热的
• close 关
• suffocative 喘不过气的
• smothering 令人窒息的