suffocate

释义

vt.& vi.（使某人）窒息而死; （将某人）闷死; 阻碍vi.呼吸困难，窒息; 受扼制; 受阻（发展不了）

词态变化

第三人称单数 :   suffocates ; 过去式 :   suffocated ; 过去分词 :   suffocated ; 现在分词 :   suffocating ; 名词 :   suffocation ;

实用场景例句

The confined area caused him to suffocate before help arrived.

这个密闭区域导致他在救援到达前闷死了。

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The thick smoke made them suffocate while they were sleeping.

浓烟使他们在睡梦中窒息而死。

金山词霸

The oxygen feels purer here—I almost suffocated inside that tiny, confined area.

这里的氧气感觉更纯净了—我在那个狭小的封闭区域里几乎窒息。

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The cramped enclosure's oppressive air caused her to suffocate.

这狭小空间里令人窒息的空气使她透不过气来。

金山词霸

The constant presence of her relatives over several weeks left her completely suffocated.

连续几周与亲戚们形影不离让她感到完全窒息。

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The execution of the governor's strategy might suffocate economic expansion and trigger widespread job losses.

该总督策略的执行可能扼杀经济扩张并引发大范围失业。

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He covered the child with a blanket and accidentally suffocated him.

他用毯子盖住孩子，意外地把他闷死了。

金山词霸

(figurative)He was suffocated by the endless paperwork at his job.

他被工作里无休止的文书工作压得喘不过气。

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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.

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I have a tight grasp of the feelings and let him suffocate you.

我有一个严格把握的感情,让他窒息您.

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Suffocate and send to until the last days of one's life talented poetess only!

无非是把有点才气的女诗人窒息致死而后已!

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The stale air made us suffocate.

浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息.

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If you stayed seated, he said, you'd suffocate.

如果你还留在座位上, 他说, 你就窒息了.

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Covering beds in enough pillows to suffocate an entire old people's home.

89在床上放满枕头,多得都能把老人窒息.

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A " free city " which was not genuinely free would suffocate freedom.

一个并不真正自由的 “ 自由城 ” 将使自由受到窒息.

辞典例句

Improperly applied, it can suffocate the Bill of Right, turn our democracy into totalitarian state.

运用不当, 它就会扼杀权利法案, 把我们的民主政体变成极权主义国家.

辞典例句

The frog spawn needs air and would suffocate in the stagnant pool below.

蛙卵需要空气,在不流动的水池里会窒息而死.

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The heat is tolerable at night but suffocate during the day.

在夜间尚能忍受这种高温,但白天就令人感到呼吸困难.

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Are you trying to suffocate us with that putrid smell?

你是想用那讨厌的气味把我们窒息死 吧 ?

电影对白

Without this vital exchange our cells would quickly die and leave the body to suffocate.

没有这至关重要的交换过程,我们的细胞就会迅速地死去,我们的躯体也会窒息.

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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"