suffocate
英['sʌfəkeɪt]
美['sʌfəket]
- vi. 受阻，受扼制；窒息
- vt. 压制，阻碍；使……窒息
英英释意
- 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"